[gashalot]

For those of you who haven't ventured out that way this year, I'd highly recommend the US-101 route between Skokomish and Quilcene. I hit it up earlier this morning and it was relatively traffic free (only had to overtake 3-4 times). There were a few campers out there, which I only expect to get worse as the summer driving season begins in earnest.

The bit north of Quilcene before WA-104 was especially wide open, and seems to have recent pavement and several nice straight sections sans houses/intersections for those (ahem) stability tests .

Highly recommended for anyone in the sound area.

[normtrum]

Good idea, I haven't been on that stretch in years. Keep going south and you run into some nice little towns too.

[wdlfbio]

Did you see much traffic coming back towards Seattle? I'd avoid that stretch on a Friday afternoon But, it is quite fun. 101 heading from Port Angeles to Neah Bay is very scenic and fun, but can be a bit dangerous.

[gashalot]

To be honest, southbound wasn't appreciably busier than northbound. The ferries back from Bainbridge filled toward the end, but I had no problem getting a spot around 1PM yesterday. The spot on WA-104 from US-101 to the Bainbridge terminal was substantially busier, but I presume that's also due to the fact that it's (a) on the way to the ferry terminal and (b) on the way to the substantially more populated Bainbridge island.