I usually do a close by MTB trail alone or with my partner. Alone though for the last week since she had a knee replaced on Wednesday. I am used to crashing and coming home bleeding, but a couple of recent incidents have me being a bit more careful. The first one...at the top of a climb I hit a rut that was under some tall grass that was laying down and I fell. There was gravel embedded in my knee and and lots of blood. No problem though - one of the reasons I love this trail is the 1.5 mile downhill then flat then downhill again. It's about 3.5-4 miles back to where I parked. As I started the downhill with blood droplets flying off, I suddenly remembered the cougar-killed deer that had been there for a week or so (only vultures eating now). I hoped the cougar wasn't in the area and didn't feel like chasing wounded prey. They second incident was last night on the same downhill stretch when I came around a corner and almost hit a deer. I think I need to sing while I ride. Usually it's just bunny-hopping over snakes though and nothing poisonous here.