History is rife with coincidences that are simply too amazing to make up. Although Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery spent considerable time in the current state of Montana (coming and going) and experienced many adventures here, I have a particular favorite which just might be the most fantastical of the entire expedition. And it took place in the western part of what is today known as Big Sky Country. The Captains had always known they would eventually run out of navigable

In this age of social media, with millions of people posting their innermost thoughts on Twitter or Facebook, in blogs, or some other internet outlet daily, we tend to think that writing for mass public consumption is something new. So I was somewhat startled to hear recently that Abraham Lincoln’s White House was considered the first to use the media of the day to spread information that they wanted the public to know, but didn’t necessarily want to make “official”. The tele

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 research, and in fact I’m still reading Lewis & Clark books, sixteen years after my first scouting trip of the trail.   I don’t necessarily recommend every book on the list but I have read them all, and I share it with our participants on the trail if they are interested.  I’ve lost track of how many I’ve now read, but it is only a fraction of all

The conventional wisdom is that a successful blogger produces some words of wisdom every single day, but if you are a regular reader, you know that I’m lucky to post once a month. There is a pretty good reason for this: I am a tour operator, not a professional blogger. So when I decided to launch Trail Talk a couple of years ago, I decided that – rather than dash off something silly or forgettable every single day – I’d try to make my few entries count. As Teddy Roosevelt sai

The hit movie, Bucket List, reminded American travelers that they may still lack travel destinations to complete their list. And on that roster of 50 states, the one most likely still remaining is North Dakota! If  this is the one state remaining on your ” bucket list”,  Shebby Lee Tours can take you there. We offer a variety of North Dakota itineraries including “Teddy Roosevelt’s Dakota”, “East Dakota”, “West Dakota”-  July 22-28, 2010, “American Legacy”, “Custer’s Trail”,