Just for the sake of putting something up (ahem... thanks, Colleen). This roadside sign, near the Seaweed Pie Cafe in Mimenegash, struck me as interesting on our tour of western PEI this summer. Must be pretty indicative of the folks up there. That, and 4-wheelers. I swear, it seemed like everyone had a 4-wheeler. No wonder you hear about so many accidents. It's just the laws of probability at work. There seemed to be more of 'em than cars!

Ten other western things of note:

1. Their roads are worse than eastern roads. They even have signs I'd never seen anywhere that warned of the severity of bumps. The funny thing is that the Minister of Transport is from that area.
   
2. There seem to be almost as many liquor stores as 4-wheelers. Coincidence?
3. Road crews on Lennox Island don't know what to do when traffic comes (have to get out of car and pick up stop/slow sign).
4. Lennox Island (the "metro" part) is smaller than I'd thought.
5. Seaweed pie is more like angel food cake with a pale-green pudding that almost has a flavour.
6. North Cape is pretty as ever.
7. Road signage is bad / lacking.
8. The bottle houses are pretty cool, and I saw a cool hummingbird moth there for the 1st time.
9. Every community up west is small.
   
10. If life on PEI is slow, life up west is almost seized up.