Garibaldi is a small little fishing village, right on the edge of Tillamook Bay. Not your picturesque cute little fishing village. I mean a real live authentic fishing village. There is a museum in town and a couple of very small gift shops and galleries, but this town is a working town. There is a small lumber mill on the north side of town, otherwise the town is dominated by the harbor, with a couple of rows of commercial fishing boats, a row of charter boats and a small gaggle of private fishing boats.
Being on the coast of Oregon, the weather in this area is fairly temperate this time of year. Never hotter than 70 degrees, not colder than 50 overnight, and perpetual low lying clouds, fog and a cool breeze. While inland they are suffering through 90+ degree days, I am walking about town and the harbor wearing long pants and m fleece jacket.
The town watering holes are dominated by locals, and everybody knows everybody. There is an old steam locomotive (a switcher) that you can take for a ride and they love to blow that old steam whistle. The lumber mill runs all night, but rather than being obtrusive it adds to the character of this little fishing hamlet.
Lots of sport fisherman find this town very accommodating. They have a four boat launch space, a huge trailer parking area. Two different restaurants right in the dock area, bait shops, fresh fish shops, crab pot rentals, and even a huge fish cleaning station with disposal bins. Obviously, this town knows what side of the bread is buttered.