Garibaldi is a long haul, but they do have a nice marina there.  I did the Oregon Tuna classic there once.

Ya I love living here it's a drinking town with a fishing problem for sure but not too rowdy. 
It can get real nasty in the winter time but I'm only 35 minutes from Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda one of our goto surf launch spots, got rolled coming in Wednesday love it.

I run 80# braid with 30-40# mono store bought as well as custom tied shrimp fly rigs customs get a surgeons knot. To break off a snag I hand line the slack and wrap it around my fish bat 3-4 times, this is the important part so read really slow, stay centers in your boat, keep the bat close to the gunwal, roll the bat as to real in the slack and once you got tension on the line give a "fast steady jerk"upwards, and no I'm not talking about the guy that paddles faster then you and catches more fish.

Hello from Oregon, I have been an active member of NWKA as well as an active volunteer for H.O.W. Portland chapter. I have been told that I have a dry sense of humor so I hope I don't offend any of you guys from time to time. I have been married for 26 years this November and live full time in a 40 ft RV. Planned on traveling since I was forcibly retired but our daughter decided to grace us with a grandson and my wife ain't going that far away from him for any length of time. I ride a Jackson Big Tuna my wife has a Native Mariner Propel and my grandson has a Sparky at 4-1/2 he's still working out the paddling part
Hope to fish with some of you guys down there as well as up here.