Nags Head 2025
Another great year at Nags Head. Perfect weather, lots of good food, fun and friends. This place never lets me down. –> Full photo gallery read more →
London
Jeff and I went to London for eight days for our 25th anniversary! It was a magical trip – Stonehenge, Westminster Abbey coronation chair since 1200 and the Graves of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, Shakespeare, Dickens, Darwin, Kipling, Churchill, Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, etc. MacBeth at the Globe for open theatre in.. read more →
Graduation and Beach
Hayley graduated university in May! More Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hillison/sets/72157719087503433/ And then we went to Nags Head for a week before she started the “real world” More Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hillison/sets/72157719497162849/ read more →
Amsterdam and Paris
More pics to come but a few from Hayley… read more →
Niagara & Toronto
Had an amazing vacation to Pittsburgh, Niagara Falls on the Canadian side and Toronto. Can’t wait to go back to Canada – I have family in BC and one of my grandmothers was from Nova Scotia. Full collection of photos: Regular view or Slideshow view Some favorites… read more →
Myles of Science 2016
Hayley went back to Myles of Science again this summer. The kids, along with college counselors, hike and camp in the Great Smoky Mountains for a week while doing research on snail and salamander populations. More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hillison/albums/72157670284246055 read more →
Nags Head
We spent eight days in a lovely oceanfront cottage for Hayley’s spring break. I think my favorite part was this amazing deck that overlooked the beach with our own little walkway down there. We had friends staying nearby as well so it was a really fun week. We saw an old college roommate of mine.. read more →
DC Trip
Hayley’s history class went up to DC to hear Supreme Court arguments, meet with the N.C. senators and sight-see. She and Evan took a selfie with Senator Thom Tillis. LOL read more →
Radford Summer Bridge and Myles of Science
This summer Hayley went on two great trips through colleges. She won a free scholarship to Summer Bridge, a girls in science program, at Radford University. Then she was accepted for a science exploration hike in the NC Mountains through Montreat College where they helped collect data for the Park Services. She had an amazing.. read more →
Charleston
We had a great time in Charleston for spring break! Staying in the historic district was great, did lots of tours of historic stuff (houses, carriage ride, dungeons, etc) as well as College of Charleston and Citadel. Hayley and I could look at old houses forever – toss in the water & aquarium, good food.. read more →