{"id":9351,"date":"2012-10-28T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T18:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=9351"},"modified":"2012-10-28T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T20:36:47","slug":"escaping-hurricanes-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/escaping-hurricanes-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaping Hurricanes in the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/palmshotel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It takes just one whopping winter storm back East to drive the California economy into full gear. For all our shortcomings, there&#8217;s something California has that everybody wants&#8211;dry, warm weather!\u00a0 While many areas of California are basking in 80-90 weather, over one-third of the country is rushing to evade the throes of several major storms, including Hurricane Sandy. Photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/reservations.stockteam.com\/856_hotel-list.html?locationID=g3172\" rel=\"nofollow\">desert hotels<\/a> include JW Marriott properties in Indian Wells (girl at pool); Palm Springs Convention Center Renaissance Hotel with swimming pool &amp; mountains and\u00a0 guest room with black &amp; yellow colors; and the Hyatt Regency (a pet friendly hotel) downtown.\u00a0 The Hyatt includes bold and modern design, including a new pool deck with luxury cabanas, restaurant and bar, Get Fit center and\u00a0 renovated guest suites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head for California Desert &amp; Guaranteed Sunshine!\u00a0 <\/strong>The desert is the sure-bet for some of the best weather on the planet. Fantastic hotels nearly all include swimming pools, too!\u00a0 Here are some desert happenings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/palm-desert-golfcart-parade.html\">Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade<\/a>, a quirky, creative and entertaining affair. From a golf cart shaped like Bob Hope to a pink Cadillac, a memorial for soldiers, or even an elephant or giraffe, the antics are endless. Held Oct. 28, 2012.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/art\/la-quinta-art-under-umbrellas.html\">Art Under the Umbrellas<\/a> returns on Nov. 10, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>Twentynine Palms &#8211; Theatre 29 Halloween Haunt, October 29-31, 2012. Address: 73637 Sullivan Rd. Call: (760) 361-4151<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/palm-desert-restless\/\">Palm Spring Follies<\/a> &#8211; November &amp; December offer special holiday-themed shows. Follies stick around through early March 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Palm Springs &#8211; Broadway in Drag, Nov. 2, 2012. 2nd annual drag pageant, Call: (760) 323-5123.<\/li>\n<li>Palm Springs &#8211; Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival November 1- 4, 2012. \u00a0 pspride.org.<\/li>\n<li>Victorville &#8211; High Desert Home, Recreation &amp; Lifestyle Show, November 2-4 , 2012.<\/li>\n<li>Indian Wells &#8211; WildLights at The Living Desert with over 750,000 twinkling lights illuminating the park after dark. Nov. 21, 22, 23, 24, 30;\u00a0 Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 2012. Call: (760) 346-5694.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/things-to-see-anza-borrego-desert\/\">Anza Borrego<\/a> Jeep Tours in military jeeps throught California Overland Tours (californiaoverland.com)<\/li>\n<li>Palm Springs Aerial Tramway &#8211; open daily<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes just one whopping winter storm back East to drive the California economy into full gear. For all our shortcomings, there&#8217;s something California has that everybody wants&#8211;dry, warm weather!\u00a0 While many areas of California are basking in 80-90 weather, over one-third of the country is rushing to evade the throes of several major storms, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}