Day 7 went from Tesnatee Gap to Hogpen Gap – .9 mile.
Yep, you read that correctly. Not even a whole mile. This morning, I woke up and started noticing some swelling in my ankle. I believe I irritated a tendon or ligament because I was compensating for the pulled calf muscle because I was compensating for the bruised blisters on the inside of my arch. I feel like I knew I should have taken another zero at Neel Gap, but I just wanted to keep going so badly. And now, I’m suffering the consequences at the Holiday Inn Express in Hiawassee, GA while the rest of my tramily is out hiking.
I called Sally and Joyce from Hogpen Gap where Sally picked me up and brought me into Hiawassee. I got a room, then immediately filled up the tub and soaked. I took the rest of the day off until dinner where I made a .6 mile round trip to McDonald’s for dinner… which made my ankle angry again. I’m taking ibuprofen every 4 hours to try to get the swelling down.
However, during my hike, I did get some great views from Wildcat Mountain.
Okay, another Nero in the books!
Thanks for joining me on Expedition Elizabeth!
Expedition Elizabeth 
Hang in there. Do some easy stretching and keep your feet elevated as much as possible. You’ll be back on your feet in no time!
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Been doing a lot of soaking and elevating the past day and a half! Doing another Zero today and hopefully I’ll be good!
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