> Steve, he called me mid-afternoon here, so it had to be the 11:00 lottery. They drew 11th of 12, so only one permit left for the last in line.

Then he got the last of the permits that were turned back due to people picking up their reserved permits and dropping off a few slots due to group size reductions.

At 2 pm, all the No Shows become available, and so there are many more available then. If you had been along, I would hope that the rangers at the counter would have explained that.