The Dismal Swamp Canal

First of all, before I get started, let's say you were in charge of naming roads. if you have to name this little road in the middle of nowhere in North Carolina, would you name it Dismal Swamp Canal even if it was a dismal swamp canal, even if you were in a bad mood or wanted to make fun of the locals? Well, I think that the person who named this road Dismal Swamp canal with a huge bear sign every 100 feet (no joke)had to be out of his mind, and to top it all off, there was a hiking sign, like whatever cruel person named the road really expected you to hike alongside a Dismal Swamp. So, we were driving home to Michigan and we were currently in North Carolina. My mom was driving and my dad was attempting to navigate. Of course my dad has already gave my mom directions for about 17 wrong turns and a dead end. We were driving along when we started seeing these huge bear signs a lot. They really freaked my mom out, but she was acting pretty ok at the thought of a bear, if you think about it. This particular wrong turn we actually saw a road sign, like the road was important enough for someone to name, we thought that this might be a good thing. When we saw the road sign that said "Dismal Swamp Canal", we kind of just knew that we were not going the right way. We really were not in the mood to see said Dismal Swamp canal, so we turned around before it came into sight. In case anyone cares, we are now safely home.