The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

I went to the Governor’s Conference on Tourism at Little America in Cheyenne from February 22 to 24.

I was fighting a nasty head cold, but the weather was decent and I was eating fresh garlic every 4 or 5 hours-no vampire was going to enjoy my blood. I took vitamins and cold medicine and lay low after classes were over.

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Henry Nicolle

Hello everyone!

Let’s Talk about self-help entrepreneurship and community in our Carbon County small towns. How exactly does that work? Why are entrepreneurship and innovation essential for community prosperity?

I almost had to be dragged to go to Hawaii the first time. 

One of my best friends in life had moved to Maui the year before and he had told me to come for a visit.

At that time in my life, I was fine about going to different places in the Continental States, but I was just not inclined to take a long plane ride overseas. I lived in Washington D.C. My buddy George called me a couple of times and told me I would enjoy Hawaii.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

We have had a mild winter so far; no Carbon County resident can dispute this. I know a lot of people are bumming out because of the lack of snow and I truly feel sorry for those who are affected now and who will be affected when spring comes.

But it has made travel so much easier and I travel a lot.  

Ink & Insight

Carbon County Comet

The Carbon County Commissioners acted within their authority and based their decision on the information presented when selecting the county’s official newspaper for 2026.

I have been comfortable in water around the time I learned to walk. My first home was directly on the Chesapeake Bay outside the city of Hampton, Virginia.

I have never been afraid to be in the water and if I had grown up in a town that had a swim team, I probably would have joined. 

I did play water polo intramurally at the University of Maryland but I was nothing great. 

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Henry Nicolle

Many Christians in America celebrate St. Valentine’s Day on February 14th. For most Americans, it is simply “Valentine’s Day”. A brief moment to openly show affection for family, friends and some neighbors

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

When I was a little kid, my divorced parents moved hundreds of miles apart from each other for a period of time.

My father and stepmother moved from Houston to Washington D.C. when I was in 3rd grade. Prior to that, both sets of parents lived in the Houston suburbs.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

My stepmother came from California and had a lot of relatives from the Seal Beach area. It is actually sort of nice and when I was first introduced to Southern California, it was not all that crowded, especially compared to now.

My stepbrother was a total Cali boy and he left our family when his mother married my father. Ken was about 10 years older than me.

The Carbon County Traveler

Mike Armstrong

Probably one of the best things about traveling and living in different parts of the world is seeing a lot of animals in the wild that I never really imagined I would see, other than maybe in a zoo.   

Hello everyone!

Let’s Talk! Old and new challenges are emerging from our future to become our current realities and liabilities. National and global circumstances are outside our local purview and manipulation. We can, if we have the will, explore remedies to local problems. We can recognize opportunities and respond to challenges. How we might proceed in all this falls under statistical distribution “bell-curves”.

Press Release

Gabriel Green

Sheridan resident Gabriel Green has announced his bid to be the next Governor of Wyoming. With the current establishment of Wyoming politics out of touch with the needs and demands of the people, the time for something different has arrived.

Like many in our state, Gabriel is tired of the dysfunction, corruption, and downright incompetence that have come to define our politics.

I have written a few times about how I worked a summer at the Hotel Wolf and enjoyed myself so much that I bought a townhouse in Saratoga. I did not live in it for more than about 6 weeks before I went to Australia for over a year.

Leaving Australia was hard.

My job was fantastic. 

The bar I oversaw was in one of the most beautiful venues in a town that is one of the top resort towns in Australia. My boss really wanted me to stay and even wanted me to be a partner.

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Henry Nicolle

Hello everyone!

Christmas is over and my purchases for friends and family are concluded. Although I am happy to be done, I am one of those guys who enjoy shopping.

I admit to being a rare breed of male because I not only enjoy it, but I’m good at it. There are a lot of reasons why I suppose.