Grandma Sanchez, Georgann and Greg aboard the sailboat

Grandma Sanchez was the reason that they initially sold the house on the water and moved up the hill, overlooking Newport harbor. It was she who also was responsible for their eventually selling that house and moving, first to Placentia, CA, and then back out to Yucaipa, CA, for good, sometime in the 1960's. It was her "art-ritis" that was the reason. She never liked the damp and humidity and cold off the water. We always felt it was sad to see them leave Newport Beach. But the two of them bought Airstream trailers over the years and toured the country, most specifically travelling to Mexico when my Uncle Leon eventually built trailer parks there for North American tourists like themselves, in search of warmer weather and sandy beaches.

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