I Flew 1,750 Miles to Catch a Pokemon

This week, I traveled 1,750 miles to catch a Pokemon in Pokemon Go.
With a near-complete Pokedex, on Monday I flew to Austin, Texas to catch one of few I still needed: Corsola, a region-exclusive Pokemon who spawns in the tropics, including areas in Latin America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and, thankfully, the southernmost parts of the United States.
It sounds extreme, but as someone who has poured thousands of combined hours into open world games on consoles, there’s something thrilling ab