If you feel like some hills in a slightly different locale, I would recommend the Lost Coast. Access either from Ferndale (take the steepest hill out of town and you're on the right track) or from the Avenue of the Giants (into Honeydew). You can mix it up with a bit of unpaved road, or you can stay on pavement until Shelter Cove, where you will have to either come back out to hwy101 or take the 24-miles of unpaved Usul Rd to Hwy 1. (Very pretty option in a desolate sort of way; one side of the track is owned by a private hunting club and the other is a wilderness area) Day one could be Ferndale to camp A.W. Way just outside of Honeydew (short day). Day two could be from there to camp Usul (six miles from hwy 1) and the third day could be to Ft. Bragg or some point south of there. You won't have any traffic until you get within ten miles of Ft. Bragg, but you will have a few hills.