Day 43: Jackson, WY

Mission control, this is wounded duck, over. communication link has been restored. Since last transmission, houston and i have undergone a series of adventures/sorties throughout the state of wyoming, utilizing many modes of propulsion to accomplish mission progress. Unfortunately, houston's bio-med sensors were reporting the symptoms of a fever, congestion, cough, and other cold/flu-like signs of a pretty sick guy since shortly after his arrival in colorado and throughout operation dumbo drop. The operation also ran across an unusually high level of boarded up ports that showed flashing neon "no vacancy" throughout western wyoming and north western colorado, causing the operational status of the nag and the hog to reach a meager 40-50 percent. Due to operational conditions that were faced, we performed a series of maneuvers to successfully extract houston onto an evac aircraft back to seattle and a healthy store of medical supplies, including riding into a chicken coop inn located in baggs, wy where we had to pull in the reigns. The next day did not show signs of improvement of our mission status nor that of houston's. So with the eight ball in our hand predicting further severe complications in both health-related and logistical issues, a decision was made to roll with contingency plan c (charlie). The result, through many ups and downs, including hitching a ride from a sweet but crazy lady who never really seemed to breathe during her 43 mile long one-sided conversation to craig, co, is that houston's medical status is stable and he is now safely residing in a coastal facility recuperating, and wounded duck is safely here in western wyoming staged to re-enter the gem state of idaho and to push through the latter portion of desert and sage to return home. Before setting off, would like to thank helen from the chicken coup inn where our heads found soft beds, our bellies a hot breakfast, and our fingers computer access to get things back on track. Duck out over.