I live in Sequim and normally take the seattle to Bainbridge ferry because of the wide shoulders all the way to Sequim.
If you take the Edmonds to Kingston ferry you will have to deal with about three miles of narrow shoulders coming in to port gamble and also the heavy traffic on the Edmonds side .
The hood canal bridge has wide shoulders all the way across and is no problem at all , from the bridge to sequim there are very wide shoulders the whole way and once you get to blyn ( about four miles east of Sequim ) you have the railroad trail ( paved ) all the way to Port Angeles.