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May 31, 20203 min read

Line of Succession

For the past three months I have been getting a taste of what retirement might look like. And let me tell you, I don’t like it much! ...

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Jan 31, 20192 min read

The Power of the Press

Have you ever wondered just how the man most widely perceived as our best US President, managed to triumph in a field of four...

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Oct 31, 20143 min read

ABA’s Top 100 Events

The annual announcement of the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association (ABA) is eagerly awaited each fall by the...

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May 31, 20143 min read

Happiness

I read recently that, according to a Netherlands travel study (plus followup research conducted by psychologist and consultant Shawn...

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Shebby Lee

Mar 1, 20143 min read

For Public Consumption

In this age of social media, with millions of people posting their innermost thoughts on Twitter or Facebook, in blogs, or some other...

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Feb 1, 20143 min read

Hiding in Plain Sight

People are funny. You can quote me on that if you’d like. As a travel professional I have frequent opportunities to indulge my passion...

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Shebby Lee

Dec 1, 20134 min read

This message is brought to you by…

I have been writing a regular monthly blog now for the past four years. It has been both challenging and rewarding. But it is also...

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Shebby Lee

Oct 31, 20133 min read

History Lite

If you have ever surfed the upper reaches of the cable channels in desperate search of semi-literate diversion, you have probably run...

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Sep 1, 20133 min read

Circling the Wagons

At a recent history conference I learned – among other things – that the stereotypical movie depiction of circling the wagons against an...

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Shebby Lee

Jul 31, 20133 min read

Following the Lewis & Clark Trail

I have been leading modern-day explorers over the Lewis & Clark Trail more or less regularly since 1997, and as you read this I have...

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Shebby Lee

Jun 1, 20133 min read

Can Money Buy Happiness?

Confucius didn’t think so. Neither did Gandhi nor Mother Teresa. Of course, taking a vow of poverty kind of takes money out of the...

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Shebby Lee

May 1, 20132 min read

Less Is More

There is a wildly popular restaurant near me that offers only two entrees on its evening menu: big steak and little steak! In this day of...

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Shebby Lee

Apr 1, 20133 min read

Anticipation

When I was growing up I couldn’t wait for summer vacation so that I could escape my parents’ contentious and migratory household to spend...

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Shebby Lee

Mar 1, 20133 min read

Spring Has Sprung

For many people, myself included, the most joyous words in the English language are “Pitchers and catchers report!” I have been...

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Feb 1, 20133 min read

Reading Lists

When we were first developing the Lewis & Clark Trail as a Vanishing Trails Expedition I kept track of all the books I read in my...

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Shebby Lee

Jan 1, 20133 min read

Wide Open Spaces

One could argue – I would – that some of the most enjoyable days I’ve spent on tour were those covering many miles of what early settlers...

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Shebby Lee

Nov 1, 20122 min read

Trail Talk

When I started my travel blog a couple of years ago, it seemed only natural to call it “Trail Talk”. After all, Shebby Lee Tours...

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Shebby Lee

Oct 1, 20123 min read

Antiques Road Show

Antiques Road Show was here this summer. I don’t know what took them so long. They’d already been to Bismarck – a town half the size of...

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Shebby Lee

Sep 3, 20123 min read

The Best Laid Plans

The conventional wisdom is that a successful blogger produces some words of wisdom every single day, but if you are a regular reader, you...

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Shebby Lee

Aug 2, 20122 min read

Adventure Travel

There is a category of my business known as “adventure travel”. It evokes images of llama trekking in the Andes, zip-lining across the...

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