if you take 101 Down the west side or ocean side after the highway begins it journey south it will not give you much in ocean scenery until Aberdeen and I do not know anything about the road i.e. does it have a shoulder or not. It is very remote after you start south until you get to Aberdeen. you do need to watch for logging trucks. Around Aberdeen there is a trail you can take (I have been trying to find it on my map I will email a friend and post it soon I hope.) that will keep you off the hiway because there is not much of a shoulder through Aberdeen, after that it is pretty good but you will want to take hwy 105 instead of 101 for scenery. 101 doesn't go near the ocean at that point not until you pick it up again in Raymond. If you go down the Hoods canal side it will give you scenery until Mason County then it does have a shoulder but it is heavily traveled until it turns west then I find it scenic but no ocean until you pick up hwy 105 at Aberdeen. I did a ride last year from Westport to Raymond and back With a side trip to Tokeland for breakfast it was spectacular to sit at the end of the Penisula and watch the Pacific no better way to spend a Sunday morning.