Should We?
Alice and I drove past this sign on our day-long excursion.
Would YOU stop?
This post is part of a series that celebrates my friendship with Alice Guess as she moves to Baton Rouge, LA. If this is your first visit, please click here and read forward. Thank you for reading and sharing your stories here.
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That’s just crying out for a visit. I would stop, for sure!
You got me. What was it??
There is a real Hell Hole Swamp in South Carolina. They have a festival. AND a race, apparently. I need to get a t-shirt………..
yes they have a festival and a beauty queen. see my comment further down the page.
Hell yes!
Sounds like you and Lou below would be in a for a road trip.
Absolutely…..we’re talkin’ “festival” !!!
I can’t imagine how ‘festive’ a place like Hell Hole could be…….
HELL YEAH!
In a heartbeat. I’m there.
It IS close to the BBQ place I wrote about…….
Come up to Dorchester County. We have Four Hole Swamp. I don’t know if anyone knows where the four holes are located.
Maybe it refers to four areas of the swamp?? Hmmmm……..
HELL YEAH! How could you resist?
Because I suspect it would be a million degrees and very buggy………
OK, that definitely makes it less appealing. But I might still be tempted.
it is a misnomer that s what is buggy I use to volunteer at the francis beidler swamp which is in audubon sanctuary. there are very few biting insects deep in the swamp. more horse flies then anything else.
Phil would be out of that car quicker than a demon down a pole greased with sulphur
I expect I’d follow, if only not to be left alone in Hell Hole.
Anything so named would have to be an experience, Kate.
Of course! (sorry, they beat me to “Hell yes!”)
I once knew a girl who had been crown Miss Hell Hole. Now that has a really dubious ring to it. Seriously.
Oh my. If I were given another lifetime, it would be my mission to win Miss Hell Hole. That is priceless.
Yes! The grill who we rushed said she held the title of Miss Hell Hole. Some how at the time we ever so respectful young southern ladies felt she was a bit too common
See there? Told ya’ Carnell was the orneriest!
Do you know how MANY swamps there are in SC? Try 514!! At least, that’s what I found in this list: http://itouchmap.com/?f=swamp&s=SC Some of the names conjure all kinds of images….many none too pleasant! Personally, I like Sparkleberry Swamp!
And did you know there’s a series on TV (God help us) titled “Swamp People?” You understand what you started with this particular post, don’t you?
Goodness, we are not very creative. Big Swamp. Hog Swamp. And, then one runs across Bloody Dick Swamp. How on EARTH did that one get named???
On occasion, the less we know, the better.
Haha! True.
Definitely!
Ha!
when I was in college my sorority was rushing a girl from that area. on her application she said she held the title of ” miss hell hole” somehow we were not excited about recruiting her.
sounds heavenly…
Haha!
How could you NOT stop! It sounds like a curiosity that would require at least a momentary investigation! Debra
I think I was there this 4th of July weekend. Seriously. Mosquito, Dust, Sagebrush…hell.
The whole of the US is a Hell Hole these days…..
I probably would at least drive by.
You didn’t GO???
That sign is ALWAYS up along that road. I don’t know when the festival actually is. It would definitely an event to see some poor girl crowned Miss Hell Hole.
That’s a shirt I want.