My father died in the 90s, and my mother lived on alone, in the apartment in New York City that she and my father had shared for decades. After some time, it became apparent that living alone was too challenging for her, and she would best be served by taking up residence in a senior living facility. My brother Joel and wife Carol, who live in West Addison, VT, located a very nice place in Shelburne, VT, just outside of Burlington, and not terribly far from them. My Mom moved in, and resided there until her death at the age of 103.
My parents, my brother and myself (when younger) had spent all of our summers in Vermont. Initially, my father was a counselor, and my mother the camp mother, of a summer camp in Vermont. It was called Camp Arrowhead, and was located on Lake St. Catherine, outside of Poultney, VT. My brother and I were campers, and later I became a “kitchen boy”. Eventually, my parents purchased a summer cottage on Greenwood Lake, near Hardwick, VT. Thus, Kathy and I made one or more trips annually, to either New York or Vermont, to visit my folks, and this continued right up to the death of my mother.
After Joel’s retirement, he and Carol built a gorgeous house on the shores of Lake Champlain, and Kathy and I would stay with them when visiting my Mom in Shelburne. The photos below include many of their home, which I found to be a wonderful subject for photography.
View to the Adirondack Mountains, in New York, on the drive to Shelburne
Sailboat, on the drive to Shelburne
Driveway, on the drive to Shelburne
View of Camel’s Hump, on the drive to Shelburne
Abandoned house, on the drive to Shelburne
Abandoned barn, on the drive to Shelburne
Vergennes, the falls of Otter Creek
Vergennes, the falls of Otter Creek
Burlington Harbor
On the ferry from Burlington to the New York side of the lake
On the ferry from Burlington to the New York side of the lake
On the ferry from Burlington to the New York side of the lake
On the ferry from Burlington to the New York side of the lake
On the ferry from Burlington to the New York side of the lake
On the ferry, view to Burlington
Mom and Steve, at the lake
Mom and Kathy, at the lake
Mom, at the lake
Shelburne Bay Senior Living Center, Mom and Kathy
Shelburne Bay Senior Living Center, Mom and Kathy
Shelburne Bay Senior Living Center, Mom and Kathy
Shelburne Bay Senior Living Center, Mom’s apartment
Mom
Mom
From left to right: Carol, Kathy, Mom, Steve, Joel
Mom and Kathy, out shopping
Mom and Kathy, out shopping
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Millers’ home
The Miller’s home
The Miller’s home
Carol
Carol
Lake Champlain, at the Millers
Mom, at Joel and Carol’s house
I went to Camp Arrowhead 1954-1957
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I went to Camp Arrowhead from 1954 until its demise in 1960.
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Do you have any emotional scars from the experience? I was bullied because my parents worked at the camp.
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