Exploring the World with Pokémon Go: SR 415 Trail
I started a new trail, SR 415 Trail to be specific. This is a new adventure, though it starts in the middle of a prior one.
The SR 415 Trail follows nearby State Road 415. This may be an amazing observation but I won’t dwell on it for long. This road is known as Lake Mary Blvd further south. Around here in Osteen where this trail begins, its more simply known by its state road number. And is also known as a “secret” way to Daytona Beach for those wishing to avoid Interstate 4.
Unlike my last adventure through Volusia County Florida, this trail follows a major road and is dotted with major landmarks from start to finish. While this hardly qualifies as urban, the surrounding places do not look middle of nowhere swamp like my last time traveling into this part of the state.
Houses, Farms, and Gas Stations dot the road. This is a major route from Central Florida to North Florida so that is to be expected. Osteen and the areas around it have a rich history which I have covered in past blog posts if you are curious to know more.
As I moved further along SR 415 Trail, I saw many more driveways, plenty of local business, and countless little green spots. I imagine that those who live here like the peace and quiet that being away from a large city affords. Me though, I’ll always prefer the city. Don’t get me wrong, I love these hikes, but I also like being able to return home and be surrounded by everything.
Every so often in Florida I’ll pass by a sign that I find silly. You should be able to see one in at least one of the above pictures. I’ll leave my opinions on that sign and what I wanted it to say instead to myself. But why not come up with some silly changes to these frankly odd messages on your own?
Its been a bit since I was on a trail that had powerlines that close. But from what I can tell, the whole trail is gonna be like this. Get used to more of these poles in future installments.
This section of SR 415 Trail gave way to mostly swamps as the homes crossed the road and started appearing more frequently on the other side. I imagine that the people over there like their privacy. Like a lot. Not only is there a fence between the road and their homes, but a tall fence at that. You can’t even see what might be over there.
Then again, those might be those soundproof fences like you see on Interstates. Which makes sense since as I said earlier, this is a major road. In fact there are only three roads that let you cross the nearby Saint Johns River. And I already showed you the bridges from the other two. Want to take a guess what road the third one is?
The most consistent part of the trail besides the road were the power lines. Unending and marching in a prefect row to keep people here powered while they do whatever they are doing in their homes and businesses. Looks like it gets dark here at night though. I don’t see any lights.
Eventually everything on one side of SR 415 Trail became green. And that’s because there are several parks over here. I’ll be exploring them to the best of my ability. At least one of them might take several adventures to explore. There are paths back there longer than the trail that this post showcases.
Not able to walk more than 8 miles in a day still. Gotta work myself towards surpassing my limits. And I won’t let Covid hold me back from that. But that is enough motivational text for a day, lets focus back on the trail itself.
Noticed that some of the poles are rounded and others are square. I’m no engineer and have no idea why such differences exist. But I’m sure there is a reason for it. Probably a good reason for it. Engineers reading this are probably groaning since the answer is likely obvious. Oh well. I don’t know the answer.
The final section of SR Trail 415 I was able to explore for the day took me right to the entrance of a nearby park. I plan to have this be my next exploration post if not soonish. You can see just how much green space is on that side of the trail. I can’t wait to find what hidden back there.
One of the reasons that I took a break from my blog was to wait for damage from Hurricane Ian to fade away. But I want to note that some of the most extensive damage in Central Florida happened near where these pictures were taken.
For that reason I intend to showcase spots that flooded when I see them. The next part of this trail as well as the parks all around this section were likely underwater a month ago. That should tell you how bad the damage was before I show you it.
Here is SR 415 in Pokémon Go. The good spots to play this game are at parks. And this trail goes to quite a few. The trail itself however is not as impressive as said parks. In the above picture, I managed to showcase that contrast. Behind me is a park with several Pokestops and a gym. In front of me is the trail.
If you want to hatch eggs and have a laid back Pokémon Adventure, the trail will work just fine. But for constant spawns and Pokestops, go to one of the nearby parks. The one in the above image is right in the center of Osteen, Florida if you want to come check this trail out.
I hatched quite a few eggs on this adventure, but last time set the bar so high that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to replicate such results. Even taking the emotion out, there was no way that this adventure’s hatches could match it. These even aren’t half bad Pokémon to get.
There is currently an ice type event happening in Pokémon Go. That will explain how I got so many of those Pokemon on this walk. The highlight though is the Gloom. Need Oddish Candy, I have a Vileplume and a Bellossom with perfect stats and I always power those mons up even if they are bad. Its just what I do.
You may have remembered me hatching a shiny Noibat last week. Well now its my buddy. And its gonna take a long time to get all the candies I need to turn this into a fully grown sound wyvern. So get used to green baby wyvern for a while. Unless I get more candy through hatches, I have a good 500 Kilometers to walk with it.
It was nice to be back on the trail after so long being away. And the weather was perfect. While up north is freezing in snow while I write this, the cold air from up there is creating perfect weather. No bugs, not too hot, not too cold. Just perfect crisp walking air.
I’m glad to be back at it.