Month of Travel is Over

July is almost over and we're back in Nashville. However the last few weeks we continued our road trip. Tuff did some golfing at Prior Creek Golf Club just outside of Billings, Montana with some friends from the Crow Reservation, Luke and Max Spotted Bear, Cameron McCormick, and Dylan Black Eagle while I recovered from my food poisoning. We stayed in Billings for two nights with our dear college friend Richie Pemberton. Tuff and Richie golfed in Red Lodge, Montana, which is about an hour drive from Billings. Surprisingly one of Tuff's teammates from the Titans, Ken Amato (long snapper) was in the area so joined them in their round of golf. His wife Sandi is from near Red Lodge and they were home visiting.


We celebrated Tuff's cousin Donnie Lyman's and Kassia Oxford's wedding on Sunday, July 19th in St. Xavier, Montana. What seemed like a possible outdoor wedding washout due to some storm clouds rolling in, turned into a beautiful day for a wedding right before the ceremony began. Tuff had the honor of being best man so was in charge of planning a bachelor party the Friday prior to the big day.


Tuff, his little sister Toni and big brother Jay were all in the wedding party and looking good.


We left the wedding at midnight and drove as far as Miles City, Montana before stopping to catch some shut-eye. The next morning we stopped in Medora, North Dakota to play Bully Pulpit, a very scenic golf course.



We spent just two more days in Minnesota; first with my sisters Dana and Cydney in Staples, then with my brother Derek and sister-in-law Mari in Princeton. Derek dropped us off at the Minneapolis airport to fly to New York for Chris Polhemus' wedding. Chris and Tuff were football teammates at The University of Montana and also roommates. Three other teammates/roommates of Tuff's, Kevin Edwards, Brian Carlson and Tyler Thomas came to New York as well to join in on the celebration. For the bachelor party, Chris took all the guys to a Yankees game. Tuff said its something everyone should do if they are in New York. He didn't bring the camera so I'll try to get a picture from the game from someone else and post it later. We really only had one day in Manhattan to see all the sights then headed to Norwalk, Connecticut for the wedding. Below is the Empire State Building from "The Top of the Rock" located on the top of the Rockefeller Center.




Ground zero through a peep hole in the chain link fences surrounding the disaster.


Tuff discussing the drawing business with an artist in Town Square.


Tuff posing with the NYPD. He was alone walking around and I'm not sure how he managed to get all these officers to pose with him.


The crew walking through Central Park. Tuff is on the far left.


The crew at "The Top of the Rock" with the Empire State Building in background.


Chris and Tsveta Polhemus just married!


The wedding party got to ride around to take pictures after the ceremony in a sweet limo. Tuff and Kevin are looking very dapper.


Our friend Krista and fiance Brad picked us up from the airport in Minneapolis Sunday night and we spent all day Monday hanging out. It was a great time to catch up with the two of them. Yesterday we were on the road agian and drove back down to Nashville (about 14 hours). Nice to be back to Nashville, but we were welcomed by several spiders and dead bugs. What is up with the critters?

Tuff has a conditioning test this Thursday and training camp 2009 kicks off on Friday. I'll keep you posted on his progress at camp.