Everywhere a sign

Hello Everyone, I once came up with a definition of a type of word, which I humbly named a wesleyrossism. It is a word that is an example of its own definition, like if the word acronym was an acronym for a longer phrase, or using the word segue as a segue. This immediately led to my defining the opposite of this, an annalaurenceism, which is a word that is an example of the opposite of its definition, like the word abbreviation being so long. Shortly after that, I had an experience that led to the coining of a sophieism, which is a sign or announcement that achieves the opposite of its purpose. Like if an airline pilot announced out of the blue that you shouldn't panic because the wings are not on fire. The incident that led to this last definition was driving through a residential area of my hometown, beautiful Winchester, Ontario, when I saw a clearly homemade sign warning drivers to slow and be careful as kids were at play. Thing is, the letters on the sign were so small and irregular that you ended up squinting at it and not paying attention to the road, making you a more dangerous driver. I now have another experience with sophieisms: directional signs on the trail yesterday led to me getting lost. I wasn't badly lost, just a little turned around, but it was frustrating to have a marker whose purpose is to help you find your way cause the opposite to happen. The maps on these markers were small and didn't line up with other maps I use, and the same trails had different names. In the end, half of the ride was pretty fun, and half was riding down and then hiking back up an old logging road. Not a highlight. Today was an easier day. With the smoke and haze in the air, Arthur and I did a shorter jaunt. It was a popular trail with hikers as well, and at the top of a climb, we saw a bunch of them with a leader of some kind giving a talk about the area. Arthur, of course, was very popular and several people turned to pet him. His attention though, was firmly on the older couple breaking out a sandwich from their backpacks. People come from all over the world to Jackson Hole to see the Tetons, and Arthur's strongest reaction on one of the most popular trails is "Oh hey! A sandwich." Wes 

Photos 

The first two are from the good part of the ride yesterday. The third is from my campsite the other night. Normally you can see the Tetons in the background. Not pictured: the sandwich Arthur was after.