Camp Glen Brook

After a lovely day in Boston we made our way to Keene, New Hampshire. My parents were married in 1975 and they spent the first few years of their marriage working at Camp Glen Brook. My father was the cook and my mother was the nurse. They left the camp at the end of 1979 to move to Florida, but they always spoke fondly of their time spent there. For their 50th wedding anniversary we decided to visit the camp. 

It was such an incredible time to reconnect with friends they made at the camp all those years ago and a chance for their children to see a place they loved so much. 

A breathtaking view of the trees around the camp.

Dad, Abby, Steve, and mom.

Steve, Doug, dad, Abby, mom, and Grant.

One of the gravel roads at the camp.

A lovely backyard garden at one of the houses on the camp site.

My mother and father at Camp Glen Brook with my grandmother Lois and my parent’s dog Patch.

Mark (The Executive Director of Camp Glen Brook), Steve, Doug, mom, dad, Louise, Grant, Abby, and Emily. Steve, Doug, and Louise had all been former staff along with my parents; Louise’s children (Grant and Emily) had spent much of their childhood at the camp. Grant has become the Facilities Director of Camp Glen Brook.

Grant, mom, dad, grandma Lois (holding Patch), and Emily at the camp in the late 70’s.

Dad, Mark, Doug, and Steve. The tetherball pole that is visible behind Steve’s left shoulder is the same one that can be seen in the background of the picture below.

My grandfather Louie with his girlfriend Dorthy next to mom and dad. They are standing in roughly the same area as the picture above. 

Abby, mom, and my sister Jenny.

Looking up towards Gabriel’s Field, a lovely vegetable garden. 

A colorful patch flowers on the side of one buildings.

Photo by Emily Butler.

Myself, mom, Liz, and Jenny.

Dad and Steve next to the gazebo, the highest point at Camp Glen Brook.

The view of Mount Monadnock in the distance.

Liz and myself.

Myself and Jenny.

Doug, dad, Steve, and Grant.

Myself and mom.

Photo by unknown.

In the back: Doug, dad, and Grant.

In the front: Jenny, Bobby, myself, mom, Liz, Emily, Louise, Steve, Abby, and Mark.

Heading back to the main area for lunch. 

The welcome sign set up for my parents.

Dad and mom during their time at the camp. 

A lovely lunch was prepared for us, the vast majority of the food was grown at the camp.

Emily, Marianne, and mom.

Doug and Marianne, with dad and mom.

More beautiful flowers.

Emily, Jenny, and Dad.

Bobby, Louise, Grant, Abby, Steve, and Doug.

Steve, Doug, mom and Marianne. 

Everyone looking through photo albums and camp year books. 

Emily and Grant as kids at the camp.

Dad getting to speak with Robyn, the Culinary Director at Camp Glen Brook and getting a tour of the updated kitchen.

Dad doing prep work in the kitchen with one of the kids at camp in the late 70’s.

Mom, Grant, Louise, dad, and Steve.

Some sheep grazing in one of the fields.

Walking towards the house my parents used to live in at the camp.

My parents on the back patio of their former residence.

A photo of my parents from the yearbook of the last year they worked at Camp Glen Brook.

A little garden gnome placed outside the house my parents used to live.

Grant, Louise, and dad.

Jenny, mom, and Jon walking down to Glen Brook Lake.

Dad walking to the edge of the lake.

Myself and dad. 

Myself, dad, Liz, Jenny, mom, and Jon.

Grandma Lois and mom sitting at the edge of the lake in the late 70’s.

Jenny enjoying the beautiful view.

Dad walking around the lake.

Mom and dad. 

Mom with Patch in the late 70’s.

Two staff members alongside Louise, Steve, mom, dad, and Grant. 

Dad and Grant.

Myself, Liz, and Jenny.

Mom and Jon.

Jon, mom, Liz, and Jenny.

Jenny and mom talking with Sam the Farm Manager and his young son.

Liz and Jenny picking some fresh raspberries.

Mom found one of the curtains she and Marianne made years ago still hanging in one of the cabins. 

Mom, dad, Liz, and Jenny.

Mom and dad.

To learn more about Camp Glen Brook please visit: https://www.glenbrook.org/