From simple pleasures such as a cold beer at “trail magic,’ to enjoying an evening cup of coffee after a rainy day of hiking, Alec, “Brother Blood,” recounts his Appalachian Trail journey across 14 states from Georgia to Maine. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. At age 50, Brother Blood boarded the Midnight Train to Georgia, with the goal of immersing himself in Trail culture as a Thru-Hiker: the people, the towns, and iconic places along the way. This is the boots-on-the-ground perspective of that journey, that in the end, restored his faith in humanity.