Goodyear Blimp

For most people, the Goodyear Blimp is that thing you see floating over the Super Bowl and other sporting events.  For me, it was a part of the scenery growing up in Hermosa Beach.  On most summer nights it could be seen (and heard) cruising along the coast, entertaining us with a simplistic light show. Its languorous pace across the sky perfectly echoed the pace of summer life in Southern California.  It's low buzzing hum was softly hypnotic.  It wasn't all good, though.  The blimp was one of the protagonists in my recurring nightmares, often endangering my sense of peace by trying to land in my next door neighbor's yard.