Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by seattle_spring on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @11:49PM
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Side tangent: Wow, the Lost Coast is a lottery now? I through-hiked it in 2007 and no one was there. I barely meet anyone who has even heard of it.
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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by asciimike on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:09AM
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Seriously. I did it in ~2010 and ~2013 and we saw a few dozen people, besides the commune living at the south end.
Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
by greendave on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:17AM
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It’s not a lottery, it’s all 100% reservable on October 1 for the next year. I’ve been 10 times in the past 15 years and every year the permits are harder to get because of the demand and the bots. The irony is that the permits are so popular and the fees so low that I’d estimate 30%+ of the permits that are bought actually don’t get used. On my most recent visit, we saw less than 10 people total on our first day a few weeks back.