Hi, Kevin, with you and
@Dave making a return appearance in the last two days, life is good.
Since you haven't been on much, you may not have read that 5 or 6 of us from the forum are meeting in Almería on April 13 to start walking on the 14th. One of the potential members is having second thoughts because he really prefers to walk longer stages than those 9 days (?) from Almería to Granada. It looks to me that the choices are either generally in the low to mid 20 kms or in the mid 40s. If you have any great ideas for how to walk in the low to mid 30s without sleeping in a doorway, that would be great!
From Granada, I think people have different plans. I am hoping to make it as far as Cañaveral (having never stayed in the albergue there, and having heard that it is now open again, I just set it as an arbitrary goal of sorts). Salamanca would be great, but I don't think I have enough time for that.
The Lana calls to me as well, but not sure when I will get there. Alex formerly of Bodenaya on the Primitivo put that bug in my ear years ago. If you do it, consider a detour off from Covarrubias to walk the San Olav into Burgos. Reb and I did it last year and have posts, and
@alexwalker has a great little guide here as well. Happy New Year! Buen camino, Laurie
p.s. When will you be walking?