Recap: Thornport Dirty Thirty
No truly public parking available, but the Dollar General or strip mall across the road should be fine. Just make sure to ask and maybe buy something. No services on route. Scroll down for route.
3 cyclists. 31.5 miles. 3400 feet of climbing. Eric Tippett developed a new dirty road route and we headed out to explore it. This route is a shortened version of Thornport Dirty Road (see below), Even though this is just east of low lying Buckeye Lake the hill climbing picks up steam as the route progresses. Short and punchy climbs are loaded on the back half of the route. 20-30% gravel, mostly between miles 12-28 combined with low traffic country roads.. Lots of friendly waves from motorists today. Gravel was a mixed bag with mushiness in the shade. Some animal sightings along the way.
About halfway through we had a runner with an invisible fence collar. Super friendly doggo. At first we were concerned that he was getting further from his house and we couldn’t find a tag, but when he veered off after four miles to a house we decided it was he who escorted us home (or to his love interest).
