WEATHER: Sunny, super windy. High in. 60s
We are camping several days here. Like most national parks, it is not very developed. We don't have electricity or water. There is, thankfully, a decent bathroom and a dishwashing area.
George was resourceful and found an electric outlet, next to the broken Coke machine and defunct pay phone. We heated water in our electric tea kettle for coffee. 
We went on another 4-hour mountain hike. I think we are trying to kill ourselves. We were at 6000 feet at one point. Then, on our way down, the winds picked up and we had to walk into the gusts. Since it had rained a little during the night, some of the desert flowers were in bloom.
A wind advisory was announced, with potential 100 mph gusts tonight, so many of the other campers left....especially the tenters.
DINNER: Rather strange. It was supposed to be a belated St. Patrick's Day meal, but everything turned out pink! When I bought the cabbage last week, the store only had red cabbage. Then, I added some red spice from the bottom of a Mexican snack bag to the mashed potatoes, so they were pink. Then, to my disappointment, the can of corned beef ( an off-brand which was the only option), turned out to be more like pinkish SPAM. It all tasted ok, but not what I had planned.
To reply to Keith's suggestion of going to a restaurant, that is really not an option, as the nearest restaurant is 50 miles away, one -way.
Since we don't have electricity, we went to bed when it got dark...about 8:00!
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