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    Line of Succession
    Shebby Lee
    • Jun 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    Shebby Lee
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    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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    ABA’s Top 100 Events
    Shebby Lee
    • Nov 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    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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    Happiness
    Shebby Lee
    • Jun 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    Happiness

    I read recently that, according to a Netherlands travel study (plus followup research conducted by psychologist and consultant Shawn...
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    For Public Consumption
    Shebby Lee
    • Mar 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    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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    Hiding in Plain Sight
    Shebby Lee
    • Feb 1, 2014
    • 3 min

    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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    This message is brought to you by…
    Shebby Lee
    • Dec 1, 2013
    • 4 min

    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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    History Lite
    Shebby Lee
    • Nov 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    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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    Circling the Wagons
    Shebby Lee
    • Sep 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    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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    Following the Lewis & Clark Trail
    Shebby Lee
    • Aug 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    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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    Can Money Buy Happiness?
    Shebby Lee
    • Jun 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    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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    Less Is More
    Shebby Lee
    • May 1, 2013
    • 2 min

    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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    Anticipation
    Shebby Lee
    • Apr 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    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, 2013
    • 3 min

    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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    Shebby Lee
    • Feb 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    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, 2013
    • 3 min

    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, 2012
    • 2 min

    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, 2012
    • 3 min

    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, 2012
    • 3 min

    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, 2012
    • 2 min

    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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