Night can definitely be enjoyable. Just remember not to let your guard down while you're enjoying the "relaxed" comms. I spent a night flying over downtown Honolulu at 1000 feet, following the H1. Absolutely beautiful. As we rounded the corner and proceeded north through the Moloka'i channel, it got very dark. no worries, I've got hundreds of hours in the aircraft, I know the area, we're good. It was about then that the radar just didn't look right, and the lights weren't where they were supposed to be (we were unaided, as it was a initial night fam for a PQM). Power and turn....what do you know, there's Mokapu (sp?) Point, which would have prematurely ended our lovely evening.
Okay, lesson learned. No biggie, put that in the experience bag. Two nights later, same event (different PQM), and the same damn thing happened. I was ready this time, but still, it's easy to get too relaxed.
Damn you, Bubba, now you got me all sentimental for Oahu...