Lavallette is a mile of avenues laid between the ocean and Barnegat Bay, close enough to both that you can hear surf at one end of the block and halyards at the other. Letsons Landscaping LLC mows and trims these small, sand-set lots, where turf grows against salt spray and every yard is somebody's summer. June mornings are the finest hours for it — the town still cool, the light coming straight up the east-west streets before anyone heads for the beach. Winter empties the island out, and snow removal on a barrier island is its own animal: wind-driven drifts, tight side streets, driveways that must be opened for people who may not be there to see them. They get opened anyway, storm after storm.