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Advice, plan your route through military bases carefully. Some let you through if you show ID, others don't. I had to cycle down the shoulder of IS-5 to get through Fort Lewis, they don't let non- military personnel through the base, Google maps/Garmin doesn't tell you that - just sends you straight through. They allow cyclists to go down the shoulder of the motorway because it's the only way south through the base. I nearly did a log in my lycras on that motorway, most frightening thing I've ever done. Ever.
The roads are fine generally, roads are a lot wider over there, and there is usually a big shoulder to cycle on, no curb, just tarmac and a painted line - so like having your own lane. Be careful on bridges though, they tend to be narrow. Most of my close encounters were on bridges.
Plan routes carefully in big cities, especially LA - if I were to do it again I'd just hug the peninsula and take a bit longer to get around LA, there are always cycle lanes and quiet roads by the coast. The traffic there is brutal.