If you ever travel to Calaveras County, you will notice a higher than normal amount of frogs. They probably have the normal number of real frogs, but ever since Mark Twain published The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County the region celebrates the frog at every opportunity. That said, there are plenty of other reasons to visit the county, especially the quaint little town of Murphys.
The town only has about 2,000 people, although on the weekends there are about 2,000 couples visiting for a romantic weekend of drinking wine, shopping antique stores, drinking more wine, hiking in the forest, drinking even more wine, enjoying a nice dinner, then finishing their day drinking more wine. Yes, most of the regional wineries have tasting rooms in the beautiful small downtown area, and they get used very often. Other than the good wine, the scenery is beautiful with a river and lots of beautiful trees in the downtown area.
The region also has many caverns - Moaning Caverns and Mercer Caverns - and remnants of the gold rush. Some people even say that the old water flumes crossing the hilly landscape are used for things other than carrying water...
I can say that I know 0.3% of the town's population, all 6 of them! Don't forget to check out the annual Frog Jump and the Calaveras Big Trees State Park when in the area. Enjoy the rest of the Murphys pictures below:
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