Northern california voyager club riders will be gathering in Murphys ca. On January 14th, 2001 for the first event of the year. We will meet at the old historic MURPHYS HOTEL at 11:00 am and continue from there to MERCER CAVERNS for a tour of One of California's showplaces. Call club members in your area and plan to ride
Together to Murphys.

PLAN ACCORDINGLY-- THESE ARE ESTIMATES MILEAGE AND DRIVING  TIME TO MURPHYS FROM: FRESNO  LINCOLN  SAN JOSE  CONCORD

MI 145 118 136 111

HRS 2.75  2.25 2.5 2.0

You might also check here for a listing of 4 hotel/motel/B&B in Murphys. SB
Travelhero
Also don't forget Angels Camp is just a Frog's Jump away. SB
Angels Camp

JOHN ADKINS --TD
TOUR DIRECTORS 'WOW' [WORDS OF WISDOM] 'NEVER LICK A FROZEN PUMP HANDLE".32

Trip Report
StuBow
We had a nice time in Murphys.  The weather was quite chilly so only 3 bikes showed up Don and Doris on their 1300, John on his Goldwing and Dottie on her Honda ?  Mary-Anne and I showed up Saturday around 5:30 and checked into the Historic Murphys Hotel.  We opted for a room in the New section of the hotel.  The room was not bad only $75.00 total after a AAA discount.  We stopped by the Saloon and poked our head in to see if there were any fellow NCVC there.  Didn't see any so we decided to have dinner at the hotel.  No NCVC there either.  The chef was great and the food was some of the best I've had in awhile.  We decided to just call it a night and lounged around our room.  John and Dottie apparently stayed in the original Hotel.  Their room was right over the saloon and they said they weren't able to get any sleep until the band stopped playing around 1:30 am.  Keep that in mind next time you book a reservation at Murphys Historic Hotel.  Apparently they have a live band every Fri and Sat night.
Next morning we woke up and had a couple of cups of coffee and watched the begining of the playoff game while getting ready to meet the rest of the NCVC.  15 of us hooked up outside the hotel and left for Mercer Cavern's at around 11:15 or so.  Mercer Cavern's was interesting.  It was all stairs and apparently we went approximately 16 stories under the ground.  I don't remember exactly how many, but I think it was 267 stairs we had to traverse.  The cavern was pretty cool with all the different formations and such I think we all had a pretty good time.  Several of us sifted through bags of dirt, that were being sold at the counter after the tour, for various different stones, crystals etc.  That was kink of a kick.  We proceeded back to the hotel for our business meeting and lunch.  I will leave the business meeting info for the meeting minutes which I should be able to post in a few days.

Here are some images shot while were in Murphys courtesy of StuBow and Frank Boyer