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MARTIN’S GORGE TOURS

Guided tours for individuals, groups, families, or couples. Including waterfalls, wild owers, wineries, breweries, trail hikes, scenic drives and more. Sit back and relax as we explore the hidden treasures of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

503-349-1323 • martinsgorgetours.com

HOOD RIVER HOBBIES, LLC

Get ready for disc golf and other outdoor games. We have something for everyone at your local family-owned hobby and game store. Games, toys, discs, kites, RC vehicles, models, cra s, events, and more! Come nd a new hobby or a unique gi .

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Green Monarch Cleaning Llc

Your local professional, eco-friendly cleaning team. We clean residential, commercial, vacation rentals, new construction and more. Serving White Salmon, Trout Lake, BZ, Husum, Lyle, Underwood, Carson, Glenwood and beyond. greenmonarchcleaning.com

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Best Western Plus Hood River Inn

Welcome to the perfect base for exploring the Columbia River Gorge. River view guest rooms, dining and drinks at Riverside, heated shoreline pool, spas, sauna, shoreline path, seasonal packages.

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1108 E. Marina Way • Hood River

River Drifters

Perfect for families, groups, and friends with trips for all ages and abilities. Guided ra ing on the White Salmon, Deschutes, Clackamas Rivers, and more! Last minute reservations okay. For updates and specials follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

800-972-0430 • riverdrifters.net

Klickitat River Inn

Enchanting lodging & intimate event space nestled on the banks of Washington’s Wild & Scenic Klickitat River. All accommodations have kitchens, bathrooms, tons of amenities and panoramic views of the surrounding wilderness landscape! Come experience this Gorge hidden gem! 509-310-9636 • klickitatriverinn.com

218 2nd Street • Klickitat

BLACKBIRD + IVORY

Simple. Sustainable. Style. A curated collection of women’s clothing and northwest/globally cra ed goods (art, jewelry, bags, candles, soaps) that will make you look good and feel good by investing in artisans and businesses that care about people and our environment.

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Maryhill Winery

WinePressNorthwest’s “2015 Paci c Northwest Winery of the Year”, 50+ award-winning wines, tasting room, Tuscan-style terrace with views of Mt. Hood and Columbia River, Bocce, and gi s.

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370 which went missing in 2014, vanishing without a trace. The shipwrecks were discovered incidentally by sonar during the search.

“Why is it so interesting to me?” he says. “I guess because it happened in the middle of nowhere and nobody knows what happened. Everybody who was involved died that day, most likely. To me, that loss story is so tragic and so interesting and so human.” He conjectures about what might have happened on those ships — very possibly an explosion of the coal cargo bound from Great Britain to Asia. “And then, one hundred-plus years later, we come across it by accident while looking for another vessel.”

After he returned from Australia, he bought a small boat and a side-scan sonar, which he used to identify interesting places to freedive. “For a few years I just did freediving until I got serious about staying down longer and actually finding things,” he says. One day, he got a call from an acquaintance who needed his help. His wife had lost a diamond pendant in the Hood River Marina while at their daughter’s sailing practice.

“I was showing it to a friend and the pendant popped off the chain and fell through the dock,” says Katie Skakel, of Mosier. “Archer went through thick, thick river muck and found it. I was so thrilled!”

Mayo’s reputation spread, mostly through word of mouth and referrals from Portland-area dive shops. He dives year-round, but business picks up considerably during the summer and fall. “I start getting more calls when salmon-fishing season starts, and then it really picks up toward late summer with swimmers losing rings, keys, expensive glasses and iPhones off the marina docks,” he says. “Midsummer also has lots of foils to be recovered.” About half of Mayo’s recovery missions are done from his boat, the Retriever; the rest are from docks or beaches.

As with shipwrecks, it’s the stories that intrigue him. “There are so many compelling human stories in this business,” he says. “People losing their immigration documents, heirloom jewelry, fishing rods they’ve had since 1955.”

When he dives in the Columbia, Mayo says he feels like he’s truly discovering some-

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and its many nuances. “I have absolutely fallen in love with this body of water,” he says.

Mayo also has an assistant who’s proven invaluable. ree years ago, he became a mentor through e Next Door. He took his mentee, Danny Johnson, for his rst boat ride and began teaching him about dive recovery. Now Johnson, 16, is his right-hand man. “He’s such a smart person,” Mayo says. “He’ll look at something mechanically and come up with an answer.” Whenever Johnson is available, he accompanies Mayo on recovery dives, driving the boat and setting up all of Mayo’s dive equipment. “He knows how to do all the procedures. I literally trust him with my life.” thing every time. “We love to go to Hawaii, we love to freedive,” says Mayo, who enjoys diving with his second wife. “But to me, it isn’t nearly as interesting to dive where you can see everything and everything is known.” He has “tools” to help him, including his high-frequency, state-of-the-art sonar system and a “dive scooter” that helps him maintain his location in the current. But he attributes much of his success nding lost objects to his deep understanding of the river

As summer gets underway, Mayo is ready for his busy season. He ticks o a list of typical items lost in various locations: phones and jewelry in the Hood River Marina; rental car keys in Nichols Boat Basin; expensive shing rods at Drano Lake. And then there are things like the $10,000 Rolex he recovered for someone downriver near Vancouver last summer, and an expensive boat propeller which he located near Mosier after starting with a very large search area. And of course, there were the naked bike riders’ bicycles.

No matter what kind of item he’s looking for, big or small, Mayo pours the same level of enthusiasm bordering on obsession into recovering it — which is part of why he’s usually successful.

“ e river,” he says, “is every bit as interesting underwater as it is above it.”

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