I’m going to be heading to norther Minnesota this fall and Chicago is roughly the half way point. I don’t want to go into Chicago at all, in fact I would prefer to be right off the highway. What would be a good town/city to target for spending the night? Looking at the map, i thought Elgin and Schaumburg IL looked like potential options on the far side of Chicago. Would these be good spots? What other areas would you recommend?