Ashland alone

I'm here in Ashland, sitting in the hotel room where I've spent most of the day. Sure, I realized I could just... get up and go out at some point, and I did. I walked around for an hour or two, went into most of the stores that piqued my attention, walked up to the Japanese Garden and inadvertantly through the Pine to Palm 100 miler closing ceremony. But for most of the day, I've been here. Alone. Quiet. Reading. Reading more than I normally do. Not exactly getting things -done- but getting things I wanted to read, read. I have nothing to do. And mostly, I mean that in the best way. Nothing needs doing that I can do right now. It feels like freedom, peace.