By late October the oaks along Echelon's side streets let go all at once, and dusk arrives before the last bag is tied. HIM Services keeps at it — mowing while there is still growth in the grass, cutting the edges back, hauling off what the wind piles against fences and curbs. Then the season turns and the trucks go out with blades, opening driveways and paths and putting salt where shade keeps ice long after the rest of the pavement has dried. Camden County winters can be stingy or sudden, and either way a cleared drive at daybreak is the same small relief. The routes run through Echelon and the towns that share these pines.