I remember seeing a blimp in Long Beach CA when I was between 3-4 and it scared me something horrible.
I'm going to guess it was the Goodyear blimp, it is kept in Carson which isn't too far from LongBeach.
One of my earliest memories is realizing that it was going to be just my Mom and I growing up.
It was a pre-K camp out that I couldn't go to because my father passed away.