It's been a while since I posted a story not about my riding days. This one is about June Curry, also known as "The Cookie Lady." June Curry lived in Afton, VA, a town I went through back on Day 7, until she passed away in 2012. In 1976, when the Bikecentennial (the ride which first charted the TransAmerica Trail) first passed through Afton, VA, June found hungry cyclists in her small town and started bringing them cookies. Over the years, as more cyclists passed through, she continued to bring them cookies and let them stay at a nearby property that she owned. That property became the TransAmerica Bike Museum, and June Curry became known around long-distance cycling circles for her hospitality.
The Adventure Cycling Association, the organization which evolved from the Bikecentennial, began issuing an award in her name for people or places that are especially hospitable to cyclists. One of those awards was won by the town of Farmington, MO, where I stayed on the night of Day 25.
June Curry's story can be found on her Wikipedia page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Curry
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