Luci and her family picked up the pieces of their life along with those of their town.  She worked as a seamstress for a few years until she met her husband, Ciriaco.  The couple was soon married, and when Ciriaco returned to the US, Luci stayed until her firstborn was old enough to travel.  She arrived in Nevada in 1951.

Life in the US was a big change, but Luci adjusted quickly, and worked as a cook and bookkeeper for her husband's sheep ranching efforts until the couple bought their own ranch in 1960.  Now an American citizen, Luci still feels in touch with her Basque roots, and has been back to Euskadi several times.