The summer of 2025 has been a good one as far as visits from friends. In late June, I got to see my friend, Darby Doll, who introduced me to Wyoming and Carbon County. He brought along his daughter, which really aged me.

She is fifteen now and I last saw her when Lila was a little girl.

Time goes by fast.

The visit was very brief, but I was glad we got a chance to connect in person.

Then last week, my buddy from Maryland visited me.

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Henry Nicolle

I can’t watch a Star Wars movie, especially the first one, where I can’t help remembering a guy named Donald I met in Hawaii.

His last name eludes me, but I won’t forget this guy for a few reasons. He was living in Hawaii for health reasons, but he did come to my bar frequently.

I was bartending in a cool little outside bar that was frequented by a lot of artistic types of folk.

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Henry Nicolle

Letter to the Editor

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

The other day, while talking with a visitor at the Virginian Hotel, I was asked a question that I had not really been asked before.

“What was the most difficult situation you found yourself in?

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Coming up is a day when people can support their favorite nonprofits and make a real difference. The 6th Annual WyoGives will take place on Wednesday, July 16, running from midnight to midnight. The WyoGives website will accept donations until 11:59 p.m. that day.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

The 4th of July is one of those days that make me realize how lucky I am to be an American.

I attribute this to spending a good part of my adult life overseas in countries that could really care less about the United States and Americans when this day rolled around.

I get it.

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Henry Nicolle

Darby C. Doll came into my life in Taichung, Taiwan, some decades ago. He was dating a woman named Trish Vietti. Some people in Saratoga may remember her since she lived there for a while.

I got along with both and it was not long before I found myself doing a lot of things with them. 

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

The lawsuit that has recently been put forth is stupid, bogus and designed to cost the Carbon County Comet money. Those are my thoughts or opinions anyway. It is also mentally and emotionally exhausting.

To me, the lawsuit has no merit and talking to our lawyer is always informational, but it can get expensive. Actually, it has already become expensive.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

Anyone who knows me will tell you how much I dislike deer. Besides treating my gardens as their personal restaurants, I think sometimes they leave poo on my sidewalks just to make me angry.

It works.

I get mad and frustrated with the constant cleanup.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

Recently I got to lodge at the Brush Creek Resort for a night that showed me what is available to be enjoyed when staying there.

It was a fantastic experience which will be written up in a story in the near future.  

While I was there, I ran into a person who is a native son of Wyoming, and well respected who said something that I found completely true.

Last Friday was typical in my life and in some ways, a real learning experience.  I had just come off the spring bug and was not a 100 percent, so I was still a bit tired. 

I was looking to keep the day as easy as possible, although I knew it potentially could be active.

My morning on Fridays starts at 7:15 a.m., when I usually get a call from our delivery driver to let me know that he is outside of Laramie.

I have a summer flu/cold. I hate these illnesses worse than the ones that hit in winter. In winter, when you’re sick, you don’t feel like you’re missing much. It’s cold, gray, and staying inside makes sense. Today is blue skies with just a little wind so I feel a little insulted. I am missing a nice day.