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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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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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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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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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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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Shebby Lee
- Dec 1, 2013
- 4 min
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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
- 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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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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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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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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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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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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