Queer Backpacker

Queer Tales from the Trail- Words from Llamadramas!

Queer Tales from the Trail- Words from Llamadramas!

 It’s been a moment! I posted the first 'Queer tales from the trail' blog way back in May 2022. From one of the precious landmarks on the PCT where the...

Jul 28, 2023 : Rachel McVittie
Queer Tales from the Trail- Finding Your People

Queer Tales from the Trail- Finding Your People

Sharing some cheese and wine for lunch (fancy resupply, I know), we briefly discuss queerness on trail, and how we are grateful there is a visible community out here. I...

May 25, 2022 : Rachel McVittie
Hydrate or Diedrate – Polebridge to Eureka, Montana

Hydrate or Diedrate – Polebridge to Eureka, Montana

Have you ever owned a plant and forgotten to water it? Waking up to a languid plant child, pitiful and wilted, staring into your soul, begging for a drop of...

Oct 19, 2021 : Flower
The Overgrown Madness of Glacier National Park

The Overgrown Madness of Glacier National Park

When I say that the theme of Glacier was mosquitoes, I'm talking about the lack of privacy from such insidious creatures. Breaks? That's what you thought! Mosquitoes laugh in their...

Oct 6, 2021 : Flower