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calberry
Jan 26, 2013Explorer
JimK-NY wrote:
Good luck on your trip and especially The Wave lottery. I would not hang around Kanab for numerous days hoping to win the lottery. Unfortunately the odds are not great. I tried (and won) last year in March. There were at least 100 people trying for the next day lottery. Actually there may have been a lot more since many of the lottery participants were trying for passes for numerous people in a group.
If you want to significantly improve your odds, do the Friday lottery. There will be 3 drawings: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. You do need to pick a specific day. (Hint: pick the day with the worst weather forecast and if the forecasts are similar, pick Monday.)
BTW, if you are interested I just did a blurb book which covers my photographs from last year. Most were from the Grand Circle area. Just check the blurb.com bookstore for "Special Places." Again, best of luck.
Good advice! I'm hoping that being a single will help my odds little (no way would my wife want to hike back in there :E. ) I have a Mon., Tues. and Wed. on my application now, but I could head up there the Fri. before that Mon. if I don't get in during the Feb. 1st drawing.
Love your book! That pic from Zabriskie Point is particularly breathtaking...and then I kept thinking the same thing every time I turned the next page ;)
Here is a book of some of my pics that I compiled for our Art Club: Link to Steve's Book
Steve
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