night ride

did a pretty sweet night ride tonight. saw 2 porcupines and a pine marten, I think. it certainly wasn't a fox, and not a mountain lion or coyote either. I think a pine marten is similar to a weasel. it was small and grayish black. its eyes were reflecting green in my head lamp. kinda spooky out there by yourself, if you let yourself think about it too long. then I turned my music on. it was even scarier, b/c I couldn't hear whatever imaginary things were behind me. so i submerged myself in fear, and soon I wasn't really thinking about anything, so the fear vanished. that's good. I was able to continue my ride and descend down Pence Miller and the nordic center. kinda weird back there at night too.