Jon Claxton | Photography

Hmmm……Highway 1 closed, south swell, calm winds, time to pack the truck. Thanks to Tim, I couldn’t concentrate for the last two days of the work week. Come Saturday, the truck was loaded with spearguns, tecates, surfboards, and plenty of eggs and bacon. We rendezvoused around 5 pm on a cobble lined beach of Big Sur. After soaking in the view and the hazardous forest fire smoke for an hour or so, we secured our favorite camp spot. The next morning started off with some huge amounts of grease and protein and then consisted of a good surf with minimal crowds and a follow up hunting season along the coast, harvesting enough swimming ceviche to satisfy a crowd of 8 or more. Highlight of the day goes to Ryan Gray who poked his first fishy friend. Ended up being a cross between a rockfish and a toad! Nice one Ryan….

As a final farewell to Emily Moratto, summer hats, trader’s joe’s goodies, and bottles of wine were abound at Baileyana. Emily is off to Vermont to spread her good natured ways to the people of the east coast. Husband, Mike is soon to follow (only after surfing the couches of some friends for a while, and sneaking in a well planned trip to the John Muir Trail later this summer). Both of them will be missed by the great group of friends that have surrounded them for so many years on the Central Coast but it sounds like it won’t be long before they receive some west coast visitors (p.s. for those that don’t know, that is Tim in the photos, not Mike. Not sure how Mike dodged the camera that day.)

Matt and Bria are the quintessential beautiful young couple.  There wedding was located at Zeinada Winery (www.zenaidacellars.com) in Paso Robles on what turned out to be a beautiful afternoon, despite the threatening winds earlier in the day.  Bria was quite honestly one of the most composed brides I’ve ever encountered; cool as a cucumber on a day that many people freak out.  Matt, couldn’t have complemented Bria better with his quick, well delivered humor.  My favorite line of the day was from Matt, who said during his speech: “I just want to thank everyone for coming and thank Bria for putting so much into this wedding…….heck, let’s face it, all I had to do was show up.”  The crowd was in tears.

You can check out their web gallery at www.jonclaxton.com/wedding/DiCicco