Exploring the World with Pokemon Go: Seminole Wekiva Trail 9
After my last adventure I hit a major milestone while traveling down Seminole Wekiva Trail 9. Read on if you want to know what that milestone was.
Mile Marker 12.25:
After my adventure through a nearby park, it was time to check out Seminole Wekiva Trail 9. This section of the trail passes by an important place for me. In fact that spot, which I’ll get to in a moment is the reason I even know about this trail in the first place.
Considering how badly I wanted to check out that tunnel that I mentioned in an earlier post, its sad in a way that I never tried figuring out where this trail was. But I have fixed that over the past few blog posts. I’m almost at the end of this trail and its been quite a ride.
Hard to believe that I have hiked 12.25 miles down this path. But the mile markers do not lie. Otherwise why would they be placed in the first place. I’m not quite sure how long the trail is, but I’m getting to the home stretch.
Mile Marker 12.5:
I’m not sure how it happened, but I accidently uploaded some of my photos twice. Some of the ones in this section of Seminole Wekiva Trail 9 and the next part look identical. And that is because they are. But you know what, many of those pictures show the lead up to the most important part of this trail. So I think I’ll let it slide.
This section of the trail continues along International Parkway. There are businesses all around me, with the occasional street to cross. Its not nearly as scenic as some of the parks I have traveled to along this route, but the green ways and constant fountains have their own beatuy.
Mile Marker 12.5 went by and you would be forgiven for assuming that I didn’t travel anywhere between the last two mile markers. Then again, they are not that far apart. You can almost see multiple mile markers back to back at some points along the trail.
Mile Marker 12.75 and Something Special:
I took a lot of photos of this next section of Seminole Wekiva Trail 9, and that isn’t including the duplicates. Now I mentioned there was an important spot on this trail. Its in this section of photos. Look carefully and you will see a mile marker that doesn’t add up to the others. That is because its another trail that ends at this one.
Actually, trail isn’t the right word for what I walked down years ago when I discovered this one. A couple years ago in a time before Covid which seems an eternity ago, I had to move to Jacksonville, Florida. I made a major lifestyle change that I thought would be permanent, but ended up moving back to Orlando. It truly is my home.
Anyway, the day before I moved, I tried my hardest to complete my journey down another nearby trail: The Cross Seminole Trail to be exact. And I thought that the spot pictured above was the end of it. So on the day before I moved, I hiked almost 10 miles to reach this point and return to where I started.
I found out soon after I left, that this was not the end of the trail. It was in itself a self contained trail that connected the Seminole Wekiva Trail with the Cross Seminole Trail. Now that I am back in Orlando, I intend to complete that other journey.
There was plenty more that I saw as I passed Mile Marker 12.75. But the pictures I took do the work for me. I think the sentimental value of this location deserves its extra section of paragraphs. I hope you understand.
Mile Marker 13.0:
While the last section of Seminole Wekiva Trail 9 might have been the highlight of the day’s adventure, that doesn’t mean that the section immediately afterwards lacked interest. After all, this area marks where the trail finally left International Parkway and all the cooperate buildings behind and returned to nature.
To do so the trail actually crosses the street at a four way stoplight with another major road. I bid farewell to that street as well as nearby Interstate 4 and plunged back into the trees.
Mile Marker 13.0 went by as the sun started to set. A lot of people don’t like that number due to religious beliefs. I sometimes use the number to annoy those people. If you can’t poke fun at your own beliefs, you might want to reevaluate them.
Mile Marker 13.25:
The final part of my adventure on Seminole Wekiva Trail 9 took me towards what will be the last leg of the journey. I was back in nature again, but through the trees I saw signs of nearby apartment complexes and other buildings. I didn’t go into any of the open fields. The trail here is too close to private property and I didn’t want to find out if I overstepped into someone’s backyard.
Along the way, I found a small resting place along the trail. The final leg of this journey will take me towards Wekiva Springs. That final section is marked by a large bend where the trail goes from north south to east west instead.
Towards the end of the walk, I saw a map showing the entire trail from one end to the other. Its pretty neat to visualize where I have been and where I still need to go. Mile Marker 13.25 might have sat at the end of this part of the adventure, but there is still more to see before I reach the end of the trail.
Pokémon Go:
Let’s talk about Pokémon Go on Seminole Wekiva Trail 9. Some like the other recent sections, gameplay was average here. Earlier segments of the trail were incredible. Some of the nearby parks were spectacular. Bear with me I only know so many ways to describe something amazing.
There were some stops, a few gyms and plenty of spawns along the way. The trail really exists for the journey. If you want to play Pokémon Go for a quick spell, I recommend one of the nearby parks.
I hatched four eggs around the same time. I wasn’t pleased with any of them. While Togepi under the right circumstances is a good hatch, neither of the ones that popped out had good stats. Its not wise to invest in a Pokémon that is difficult to get if you are not getting good mileage out of said investment. Better luck next time I suppose.
I took this picture with Axew along Seminole Wekiva Trail 9. I think this little Dragon will be joining me for the rest of the journey down the trail.
Wrap Up:
This picture looks surreal due to the lighting. Honestly if it was a bit darker outside this would fit my aesthetic. Maybe one day I’ll go to a park under the right conditions and show you my aesthetic. Only a little more of this trail to go. I’m excited to see what’s left.