stony-man,
it's at least a one hour drive from the McDonald's in Murphy to the second pay station (intersection of dirt road trail #1 and trail #6) ... i sometimes leave myself an hour and fifteen minutes to make the drive from Murphy to the trail head at this second pay station (take note that you pass the first pay station and begin riding on the dirt road trail #1, but it's still quite a ways to the second pay station, you can pay your $5 per vehicle per day at either station, but we'll be meeting at the second pay station near Stateline Campground at 9:00 am Saturday and Sunday, then we'll see who we have and what trail to hit first ... maybe even two groups if that's best)

with accommodations as you've described, i doubt you'll be lured into camping ... me, i like roughing it once in a while and do plan to camp out at Camp #3

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