Quote Originally Posted by Tartan Tess View Post
Maybe I am thinking of a different boat type thing-the Howard Hughes Galloping Goose plane was also docked close by the freeways so every time we drove by I'd see it.
This was 1960's
Nope, same ship, same place. The Spruce Goose was next door for a while, under a dome. That would have been, oh, late 70s, at least that's when I went to see the Goose.

The QM has been "docked" in the same spot since she came in from her final voyage. I grew up in Sunset Beach, just south of LB, went out to the beach to watch her come in. My mother (an RN) helped set up the public first aid system for the first company that operated the QM as a tourist attraction, and worked on board for several years.

One story from that era was the woman who paid her admission, then asked when the cruise began! But that probably still happens. . . Bob and I went to Catalina Island last year or so, overhead a woman who was disappointed that there was no gambling at the Casino! There's no fixing stupid.