A Visit to Murphys, CA

My husband and I visited Murphys, CA over the weekend.  Murphys is in Calaveras County, CA, in the mid Sierras south of where I live.  We visited Murphys for a couple of reasons.  The first reason was I had an opportunity to photograph a belly-dancing troupe who were going to be performing in Murphys. Second reason was because Murphys was having their annual “Grape Stomping” Festival and who can pass that up?

Final reason…my brother and my niece live close by so I could get a chance to visit them.  My niece brought her beau along so that I could approve of meet him. He’s a darling young man and they allowed me to take a few pictures of them.  It was cloudy and raining that day, so the light was pretty good.  The town is an old gold rush town that has been fixed up to be a charming, touristy, wine tasters delight.  There were lots of places to take photos, but there were also lots of people milling around, so we had to search around to find interesting places.  They were very cooperative, fun and cute.

And what of the belly dancers?  I’ll post those later on in the week.  It was a most fascinating and interesting experience.