UPDATED May 30: Northern California Cycle Challenge in Tulelake today...

Tulelake, CA Northern California Cycle Challenge

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Northern California Cycle Challenge Cycle Siskiyou gathered at the Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds on Saturday May 24, 2014, for a great day of fun and adventure. Not just the cycle riders but all who came out>to volunteer for this event and the spectators along the trail. Some of which may have been experiencing the Northern California Cycle Siskiyou for the very first time along with the vast wildness area of the Lava Beds in the Tulelake area with Camby's Cross and the rich history of the area from Captain Jacks' Stronghold with the Modoc Native Americans and the US Calvary during that time period in our history.

A time in history rarely written about and very few know about or have been taught in their history classes. Canby's Cross is located in Lava Beds National Monument, about 3 miles south of Tulelake, and 5 miles south-southwest of the town of Tulelake, CA. It was erected to commemorate General Canby's death at a peace gathering. General Canby was shot in the face by Captain Jack of the Modoc tribe, who was later hanged for the killing. The cross is registered as a California Historical Landmark. The cross reads: Gen Canby USA was murdered here by the Modocs April 11, 1873.

"Lava Beds National Monument is located in northeastern California, in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties. The Monument lies on the northeastern flank of the Medicine Lake Volcano, with the largest total area covered by a volcano in the Cascade Range. The region in and around Lava Beds Monument is unique because it lies on the junction of the Sierra-Klamath, Cascade, and the Great Basin physiographic provinces. The Monument was established as a United States National Monument on November 21, 1925, including over 46,000 acres (190 km2).

Lava Beds National Monument has numerous lava tube caves, with twenty five having marked entrances and developed trails for public access and exploration. The monument also offers trails through the high Great Basin xeric shrubland desert landscape and the volcanic fields."

Update: According to Joe Cordonair who works as a guide at the "Lava Beds National MonumentJoe Cordonair a "Lava Beds National Monument tour guide said that those who were part of the 100-mile ride went through the Visitor Center he was stationed at. It was in the neighborhood of about 18 cyclists who passed through his fee pay station at the Lava Beds National Monuments.

Joe Cordonaire mentioned it was "A little bit of climb of roughly 700 going up to the visitor center and it may have been an easier ride going back down, where the cyclists could then coast back down from the Visitor Center to the highway below.

As I entered through the gates at Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds and in the parking lot I met two cycle riders at the Northern California Cycle Challenge Cycle Siskiyou in Tulelake, CA 96134

Josiah and Mel from Mt. Shasta, CA and they both mentioned this was their first ride in this, first time annual Northern California Cycle Challenge year located in Tulelake, CA for this event, this year. It was told to me they have been riding for over 3 years together and this is their 5th local seasonal event.

Ride Director Laurie Bagley who was there at the Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds. Laurie Bagley was in
charge of setting food and drinks up for riders to start their lunch break at the Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds.

I was introduced to Rennie Claland by Logan Smith from the Northern California Cycle Challenge Cycle Siskiyou in Tulelake, CA who shared a little history and insight about how Tulelake was chosen this year for the Northern California Cycle Challenge and where the Ford Foundation in Roseburg, OR has a hand with some of the funding that has made it all possible and where it became a reality now for Tulelake, CA from the information I received from Rennie Claland.

The NCCC where Rennie Cleland says that he was instrumental in having this area chosen as the first from this area of wildnerness because of the exhibit that is taking place in Klamath Falls, OR at the The Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake is a traveling exhibition probing the complexity of the Japanese American confinement site in Newell, California. Tule Lake became the only officially designated segregation center during WWII. Ruled under martial law, it was the most controversial of all the Camps. The exhibit is now in Klamath Falls, OR until all the artifacts are moved back out to Newell, CA where the Interment camp jail is located and the guard towers can once again be put back in place where they belong from their temporary location at the at the museum at the Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds behind the gates in Tulelake, CA.

George Jennings is the Project Coordinator from Fort Jones Northern California Cycle Challenge Cycle Siskiyou with EGG & SCBTP Siskiyou County Bicycle Tourism Partnership. You can contact George Jennings by Email at: siskiyou@gmail.com and his Cell number is 530.598.8887 with the facebook page at FaceBook Cycle Siskiyou.

From the most recent information from Logan Smith who was keeping track of the statistics of cyclist accordingly. The numbers with the fact there were some 70 cyclist in the area that participated on the ride for the first annual Northern California Cycle Challenge. Cycle Siskiyou at the Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds in Tulelake,
CA 96134

Another person who was there during all of the above
was Martha. Who rode over 105 miles who was at the Cycle Siskiyou with her husband Clide who has riden in many bike a-thons. Both were relaxing and enjoying the Mormorial Day Week-end by spending part of it at the Northern California Cycle Challenge Cycle Siskiyou at the Tulelake/Butte Valley Fairgrounds in Tulelake, CA 96134