Experience the spectacular color, pageantry and fun as scores of whimsically decorated golf carts and bands march down Palm Desert’s famous shop-’til-you-drop El Paseo, in the first major event of the season! 51st Annual Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade Theme “Area 51: Palm Desert is Out of this World” Grand Marshal: Robert “Bob” Gilliland: California Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee and First Man to Fly the World’s Fastest and Highest Airplane – the SR-71 Blackbird and Palm Desert Resident