🍁 Canada by Camper 🍁
Printing copies of cross Canada 2025 travel journal — about 60 pages of watercolor sketches, notes and stories — about $40 — let me know if you’re interested.
🍁 Cross Canada Road Trip Ends 🍁
25,000 km, 150 days
Trip of a Lifetime
Black Gold Inn Color TV — Edson, Alberta
Rest Stop — Blue River, British Columbia
Snow Geese
— Humboldt, Saskatchewan
The Hunter
— Foam Lake, Saskatchewan
The Laundromat
— Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Kroeger Clock, Mennonite Heritage Village
— Steinbach, Manitoba
Rooster, Bubbles and two Jack Russells
— Barrie, Ontario
Adelaide Street, CN Tower
— Toronto, Ontario
Ship Navigating Lock, St. Lawrence Seaway
— Iroquois, Ontario
Worldʼs Longest Covered Bridge
— Hartland, New Brunswick
Sandpiper — Amherst, Nova Scotia
Porcupine — Fredericton, New Brunswick
Road Trip — Newfoundland
5000 km — weather tough, roads rough but wonderful experiences!
Road Trip — Cape Breton
Road Trip — Gaspe, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia
Common Ringed Plover, Codroy Valley
Rose Blanche Lighthouse, Rose Blanche–Harbour le Cou
— Newfoundland
Waterfront, Cape Norman
Waterfront, Burgeo
— Newfoundland
Dories
— Frenchmanʼs Cove, Newfoundland
White Fang Hiding in Black Spruce
— Blow Me Down Provincial Park, Newfoundland
Cow Caribou and Calf, Cow Head
Blue Jay & American Black Duck, Deer Lake
— Newfoundland
Oceanside RV Park, Port au Choix
Cetacean Quest, Parsonʼs Pond
— Newfoundland
Viking Workshop
— LʼAnse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
Tern Flying the Gap
— Englee, Newfoundland
Beached Boat, Great Northern Peninsula
— Newfoundland
French Bread Oven, Port au Choix
Hägar the Horrible, L’Anse aux Meadows
— Newfoundland
Captain James Cook Historic Site
— Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
Long Point Lighthouse, Iceberg Cruise
— Crow Head, Newfoundland
Puffin, Elliston
Seaside Rural House, Bonavista
— Newfoundland
Research Ship, St. John’s
Twine Loft, Trinity
— Newfoundland
Signal Hill
— St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
Louisbourg Lighthouse
— Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
— Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Great Black-backed Gull
— Pictou, Nova Scotia
Lobster, Jacques Cartier Provincial Park
Yeo House, Green Park Shipbuilding Museum
— Prince Edward Island
Beaconsfield Historic House
— Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Cormorant Flyby, Fundy National Park
Lighthouse, Cape Enrage
— New Brunswick
Off to PEI today — after grand-daughter Katie arrives
Lighthouse — Bathurst, New Brunswick
Rivière-du-Loup
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Carleton-sur-Mer
— Quebec
La Buche Restaurant, Québec City
Gulf of St Lawrence, Rivière-du-Loup
Quebec
Trois-Rivières to Québec City
Nishga Girl, Canadian Museum of History
Giant Spider Sculpture, National Gallery of Canada
— Ottawa, Ontario
Moving a little faster now — can smell the Atlantic salt air.
Rock Outcrop, Agawa Bay Beach
Paradise in the Wild Outdoors
— Northern Ontario
First Moose Sighting
— Dryden, Ontario
Maple Creek
Cypress Hills
Moose Jaw
— Saskatchewan
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
— Southern Alberta
Pincher Creek, Alberta
Most campsites closed until May Long.
🍁 Cross Canada Road Trip Begins 🍁
— BC and Alberta
First couple of days on the road — our land yacht sailing flawlessly.
Meltdown? — America
Land of the Fear — America
CN 2125
Biiig Truck
54 Willys M38, 59 Chevy
55 Plymouth
1950 Buick
1950 Crosley
1950 Pontiac
51 Cadillac
51 Henry J, 53 Buick
1959 Plymouth Fury
53 Nash, 53 Studebaker
55 Thunderbird, 56 Corvette
1950 Ford
51 Hudson Hornet
54 Cadillac
Abandoned Homestead — Stump Lake, BC
Congoli Guest House — Tanzania
Bomb Disposal
Which Caption?
Pyramids — Teotihuacan, Mexico
Diego Rivera — Mexico City, Mexico
VW Beetles — Mitla, Oaxaca
Oaxaca City Centre — Oaxaca, Mexico
Wandering Musician — Oaxaca, Mexico
Monte Albán — Oaxaca, Mexico
Zapotec Ruins — Mitla, Oaxaca
Church of San Pablo — Mitla, Oaxaca
Miguel and Isabel’s House — Oaxaca, Mexico
Monumento a la Revolución — Mexico City, Mexico
Another Crusty Coffee Character — Kamloops, BC
Mugh Teppa Fortress — Istaravshan, Tajikistan
Walled City — Khiva, Uzbekistan
Mosques, Monuments, Memorials, Minarets — Central Asia
Old Man with Gold Teeth — Khiva, Uzbekistan
Russian Workhorse, Antica B&B — Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Registan Madrasas — Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Architecture — Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Ark Citadel — Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Camels, Sun-dried Brick Buildings — Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Border Crossing — Uzbekistan
Village — Saritag, Tajikistan
Felt Making, Yurts — Son Kul, Kyrgyzstan
St. Paul’s Cathedral — London, England
Estate, Oast Houses — Maidstone, Kent
Great Drive Home
Waterloo Bridge — London
Loreto Mission — Loreto, BCS
Healing Centre — Mulegé, Baja California Sur
Sea of Cortez — Mexico
Pescado Seller — Santispac, BCS
Miguel Garcia — Santispac, BCS
Fisherman — Estero de La Bocana, BCS
Laundry Day — Mulege, BCS
Los Petates Campground — San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Los Algodones and Puertecitos Hot Springs — Baja California, Mexico
Please Don’t Bury Me — Yuma Proving Ground, AZ
Angry Dudes — Moses Lake, WA
Old Totem Pole and Bear Carving — Hazelton Village, BC
Stewart World Port — Stewart, BC
Alf — Whitehorse, YT
Tilting Buildings — Dawson City, YT
The Pit — Dawson City, YT
Frank Bruder — Cluculz Lake, BC
Lots of Wildlife — Liard River, YT
Cousin Rudy — Charlie Lake, BC
Cluculz Lake, Bennett Dam — Northern BC
Good Story Teller — Kamloops, BC
Mama Lisa — Kamloops, BC
Vaseux Lake — Okanagan Valley, BC
Old House — Oliver, BC
Bugs in Baja — Baja California, Mexico
Magical Mornings at Santispac Beach — Bahía Concepción, BCS
Legs and Firewood — Santa Teresa Canyon, BCS
Santa Teresa Cueva — San Ignacio, BCS
Pictographs in Santa Teresa Canyon — Estero La Bocana, BCS
Rooky Mule Riders — Santa Teresa Canyon, BCS
Visiting my Doc — Kamloops, BC
Hamid’s Diner — Kamloops, BC
Cumulonimbus Clouds — Vancouver Island, BC
Hacienda Habana — Mulegé, BCS
The Great Outdoors — Quartzsite, Az
Vattanac Capital Tower — Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nostalgia — Hoi An, Vietnam
Banjo Guitar Man — Mekong Delta, Vietnam
River Boats — Mekong River, Vietnam
Blue Mosque — Istanbul, Turkey
Blue Mosque — Istanbul, Turkey
Bear Claw Lodge — Kispiox, British Columbia
Sketches
Karl Willms adds ink and watercolour drawings to his journals. His sketches feature landscapes, people and places from around the world. They are the inspiration for his watercolour paintings and oil paintings.