Saturday's Event

In the previous posts, I mentioned a two day Pokemon Go “event”. To explain what this is, you have to know a little about Pokemon Go (obviously). I’m not going to get into all of the details about about it - neither of us has the time for that - but if you’re really interested, this article is a pretty good palce to start (at least, I think so. I didn't read enough of it to be sure.).

From my end of it, all you need to really know is that it involves having the Pokemon Go app on a so-called "smart phone". Once you have that, then you go around catching these creatures called "Pokemon".

There are two primary benefits to this game. One is that you have to actually go outdoors in order to participate. The other is that if you don't know how to read a map, you slowly learn how to - whether you meant to or not.

I was  going to say that it also encourages exercise because you have to walk around to different spots in order to collect these things, but that's not always the case.

Once you collect these creatures, there are things you can do with them but whatever those things are, it's irrelevant because Sam just likes to collect them - which is exactly what I would expect.

I guess one last thing you need to know is that periodically, they have these things called "events". During an "event", there is a proliferation of a particular type of Pokemon available for catching. The particular type available is not up to the player (or "collector") but rather, it is determined in advance by the unseen Pokemon Gods. Usually, the proliferation (i.e.: "event") only lasts for a limited amount of time - generally, for a few hours and usually (for us, at least) on a Saturday or Sunday.

Feel free to not correct me if any of this is wrong. My entire point is that this is my understanding. It has nothing to do with accuracy.

So anyway, there was a two day Pokemon Go event on Saturday and Sunday. Naturally, it poured on Saturday - so Sam and I (and apparently everyone else on the road), drove around town at a snail's pace, stopping randomly and unexpectedly to catch some Pokemon, before pulling away to randomly stop and catch some more.

During our stops, Sam would catch his Pokemon, while I would sit there and wait. I would pass the time by listening to the rain as it pounded on the car - and sometimes snap some photos. This went on for about two hours.

 That was it. That was the event.

All of this might sound like a pretty boring Saturday afternoon, but actually, it made for a lovely, relaxing day together. Sam was happy because he caught a lot of Pokemon. And I was happy because I got to sit for a while - and do nothing but listen to the rainfall, and spend some time with Sam - all of which are things that I enjoy...