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Notes from the desert.
Written by the people who run the homes.
September 7, 2026
The grocery run: provisioning a big house without four more trips into town
What a group of twelve actually drinks and eats in the desert heat, and the one grocery trip that saves you the other three.
August 31, 2026October and November: the desert season the locals keep for themselves
Festival crowds gone, triple digits gone, pool still warm — why the valley's quiet months might be the best trip of the year.
August 24, 2026How to plan a sixteen-person desert trip without losing friends
The bedroom math, the parking question, and the two decisions that make or break a big group weekend in the Coachella Valley.