it was so beautiful there and even though she was scared to death of earthquakes , she had the best time because as much as she loved stansbury and vermont , she loved the beach more and told tom at the time that they should just stay there and live in a tent on the beach , but he didnt much like the idea of living in a tent on the beach and said that sooner or later california was going to get swallowed up by the pacific and wouldnt it just be better if they visited the conventions every once and awhile and she said okay .