If you're planning to buy a bike new, as it sounds, you'll have trouble (or maybe find it impossible) when trying to leave the country. Better to buy elsewhere.
If you're purchasing used from another traveler using the usual subterfuge, you're not going to have so much choice of what bike to buy, so thinking in terms of a specific model is probably futile.
As for the rest: general questions like "What are the most interesting places to visit between B.A. and Walla Walla Washington?" are remarkably difficult to answer. This is particularly true when no one knows anything about who you are, what you like, and whether you're actually going to make the trip you are "thinking of" taking. More specific, narrow questions tend to work better.
Hope that's helpful.
Mark
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