Hiway 2 is great through the Washington Cascades but dull as heck east of the Columbia around Wenatchee. I suggest that when you get to Sandpoint ID, wind your way north to State route 20. It hugs the Canadian border and stays up in the trees and hills. Its a fun ride. When you hit US 97, drop south until you come to US 20, then head west.

 

Hi, I’m not quite familiar with routes from Chicago to Sturgis, and Sturgis to Seattle. Google Maps is great, but we can’t rely on it when we’re out of battery or if GPS isn’t working. I think it’s still better to have printable maps as backup when everything electronic isn’t accessible. Here’s a link to a pdf map for printing: http://vectormap.info/product/printa...9-full-vector/ It’s a paid vector map, but editable, so you can add routes you’ve found. They’re also more detailed than free versions from Google. Anyway, how’s the trip you made? Any interesting sites or shops you can recommend? Hope this helps you and take care!

 

Totally agree on this!
Heading west definitely want to ride North Cascades Hwy 20.
Cut off Hwy 20 to Hwy 530 at Rockport.
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?...&hsimp=yhs-004
After crossing over Glacier if you stay in Kalispell avoid the Motel 6 there it's full of meth heads.
If you stay in Sandpoint ,Idaho the K2 Inn is a old but comfortable/clean motel 2 blocks from town. Great manager Sheldon.