Creative Writing: Neptune, New Jersey

Neptune, New Jersey. Obviously named for the Roman god, Neptune. Located exactly 40.212438°N and 74.054017°W. The town’s quite large, and there’s tons of places you can go. But since moving here, I’ve only gotten familiar with places that I can walk to with my dog, Chewie. With a plastic bag in one hand, and his leash in the other, we walk around my neighborhood and explore together. Stepping out of my house, we first walk past a garden. There’s lots of flowers! In the springtime, they bloom big and bright and beautiful. But seeing as it isn’t spring, most of them are dead. Our garden also has bushes that are still nice and green. My favorite part of it is this tiny tree. I have no idea how long it’s been growing, but it’s still small enough that it makes me laugh. Right now it’s being used for Halloween decorations. Enough about this garden though! Let’s explore!

Each house has two floors, one garage, and enough space for a garden and small lawn in the front. It’s almost like they were all made with the same cookie cutter template. You can really only tell who lives where by seeing what the garden looks like.
The first way is heading left. This takes you down a hill. You end up at a cul de sac down at the end. Kids in the neighborhood love riding bikes, scooters, even roller skates down this hill. I can understand why. Once, in the summer, I rode my bike down it. You go so fast, and when the wind’s blowing in your hair you feel like you’re