Forty-four miles north of Coeur d'Alene in the shadows of the spiky Selkirk Mountains, SANDPOINT , northern Idaho's most attractive resort, is at the northwestern end of Lake Pend Oreille (pronounced "Pon-duh-ray"). Smaller and less commercialized than Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint's lazy downtown is brightened by Cedar Street Bridge Public Market , a covered mall of stalls, shops and cafés overlooking placid Sandy Creek. At the south end of the lake, ... [More]