Eas-On Down The Road: Sheridan, Wyoming to Coburg, Oregon

Ronnie and I were all excited that the windshield had been repaired, but unfortunately when we pulled out we discovered that the windshield installer had made some mistakes in the installation. We made the decision to travel on to Sheridan, Wyoming where once there, Ronnie immediately contacted RV Glass Solutions/Coach Glass. Working with their experts, Ronnie and I agreed the best option for a correct re installation would be to travel to their facility in Coburg, Oregon. They will personally handle the re-installation and add a new windshield gasket too. We were traveling towards that westward destination anyway so it made sense. But before we leave, we do make a couple of interesting side trips while in Sheridan.

We enjoyed a day trip on Highway 14 South through the Big Horn Mountains.

Here the road climbs up into the mountains with spectacular valley views below.

Reaching Highway 14 South's highest point at 9430 feet.

We take a forest service road off the main highway to enjoy a quiet lunch in the thick evergreen woods.

A variety of blue lupine wildflowers, I think?

I found this one little patch of wildflower iris.

We spotted a moose across the highway. When we stopped to make a photograph, it quickly gave us a show of its leaping skills.

Continuing westward now on Highway 14, the road drops in altitude and the land changes dramatically.

Now we're back into a dry, arid Wyoming landscape.

We made a day trip to the Brinton Museum. To learn more about this amazing museum of Native American Art and the Brinton Family, click HERE.

The Brinton Family collected several important pieces of Native American art, all displayed here in a beautiful, natural setting. The unique museum building, seemingly immersed into the landscape, gave it an appeal of being one with nature. Our lunch in their Bistro was delicious while we looked out over the mountains on this cool, rainy day. We missed strolling the gardens, the ranch home and the leather craft shop. We'll catch those experiences another day.

We also had the opportunity to visit the weekly Sheridan's Farmers Market. Before the market began, we made a quick stop in the King's Saddlery Shop. This quick stop turned into 2 hours! We were bowled over with the museum in the back of the store. Don King was a widely known saddle-maker and leather artist. He also had an amazing collection of Native American Art, his own saddle collection (over 600 saddles!) and who knows how many antique guns, historic photographs, animal mounts, western ranch tools of trade and so many unique items of the west. We found so many things to look at and learn about that it became hard to realize it all, we were overwhelmed. To learn more about this MUST STOP while in Sheridan, Wyoming, click HERE.

Ronnie standing among some of the many saddles and artifacts of American western culture. This is just one room of four that are stuffed full of artifacts, antiques and cowboy memorabilia.

King's Saddlery ropes are known and sold world wide.

These photos are just a small hint of all the many unusual and unique western items we observed.

Ronnie drove from Sheridan, Wyoming to Coburg, Oregon (approximately 1200 miles) in 4 days. It was quick and mostly Interstate highway travel. Some of the remarkable sights we saw were the wheat fields of western Washington and western Oregon.

Wheat fields and brown, dry hills along the Columbia River.

A contrasting green vineyard on the Washington side across the Columbia River.

A view of the Columbia River through a buggy windshield. The further west we traveled along Interstate 84 (the Oregon side), the more the vegetation changed from dry, brown hay to lush evergreen forests.

Once we arrived to Coburg, Oregon, RV Glass Solutions got to work and they made the job right. We made good use of our time that day away from the motorhome visiting Thistledown Farms. We purchased fresh fruit and vegetables grown in Oregon's Willamette Valley.