LYNNE CHAMPLIN
Have you ever seen a full-grown lion sit down and rest right beside someoneâs feet at a dinner table? Not many people have been that close to a lion. Well, I saw it happen to a popular Napa woman years ago.
When I read the front-page article in the Register about the reopening of Six Flags in Vallejo there was a photograph of lions. Six Flags used to be Marine World/Africa USA. The photograph reminded me of the time I was sitting on the aisle at a Boy Scout fundraiser and watching a lion plop down and make herself comfortable at Ita Youngâs feet.
Lynne Champlin and the Harley Davidson sidecar. Submitted photo
Years ago I wrote a column called âFlying the Chair.â It was about our new motorcycle sidecar, which we had just acquired. As my husband quickly discovered, driving a motorcycle with a sidecar is different than riding a bike on two wheels. The sidecar factory back in Iowa told him he had to get comfortable âflying the chair,â which meant lifting the sidecar wheel off the ground on right hand turns.
Philip tried and tried but never got comfortable doing that. So we finally âbit the bulletâ 10 years later. We have sold our beautiful sidecar rig.