"My 7.5 Month Journey to Dragonite"

#PokemonGO: So last night I finally got my first Dragonite. It was a rather long journey. I live in suburban Philadelphia, so Dratini are pretty scarce in my area. I caught my first Dratini on the beach in Ocean City, MD while on vacation in late August. It then took me until October 30th to hatch a Dratini from a 10k egg. This got me my first Dragonair. Up until the Gen 2 launch, no more Dratini. Then with the seeming increase in 10k egg drops since Gen 2 launch, I have hatched 5 Dratini. This gave me enough candies to evolve a Dragonite last night. It was well worth the wait. Stat-wise it's not bad: 89% IV, 2421 CP and level 24 (after powering up), with Dragon Tail and Hurricane. After this evolution I'm at 139/142 for the NA Gen 1 Pokedex.Why did it take so long? I play the game as a completionist, and not to battle gyms or train up 'mons. So for 'mons I didn't have that required less candy to evolve, I focused on walking those as my buddies first so I could fill out the 'dex. I still need Charizard, Machoke, and Hitmonolee to fill out the Gen 1 'dex, and I'm currently walking a Machop as my buddy with 55 candies, and am hoping for a high Attack Tyrogue hatch to evolve Hitmonlee.It's been a long and fun journey that I'm looking to continue. I have 61 in the Gen 2 'dex so far, and really enjoy seeing the black shadows on the Nearby since Gen 2. Gotta catch 'em all! via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2mCtNyA