Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Audiobook8 hours
Dories, Ho!
Written by Matt Smith and Karen Smith
Narrated by David Colacci
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
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About this audiobook
Travel with Matt and Karen as they float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. In September 2016, they experienced the trip of a lifetime with fourteen friends and a crew of ten while traveling in wooden dories through the canyon. Dories, Ho! is a story of their adventure and discovery.
Similar to their first travel memoir Dear Bob and Sue, this book is as much about their relationship as it is their fantastic trip. Matt and Karen's quirky writing style is both humorous and irreverent. It's fun, laugh out loud, and an easy listen.
While not intended to be a traditional guidebook, anyone contemplating a river trip through the Grand Canyon will benefit from this firsthand account. Listeners will feel as if they've traveled with the authors on their journey to and through Grand Canyon National Park.
If you are looking for a story that will make you laugh and inspire you to get out and see our incredible national parks, Dories, Ho! is for you.
Similar to their first travel memoir Dear Bob and Sue, this book is as much about their relationship as it is their fantastic trip. Matt and Karen's quirky writing style is both humorous and irreverent. It's fun, laugh out loud, and an easy listen.
While not intended to be a traditional guidebook, anyone contemplating a river trip through the Grand Canyon will benefit from this firsthand account. Listeners will feel as if they've traveled with the authors on their journey to and through Grand Canyon National Park.
If you are looking for a story that will make you laugh and inspire you to get out and see our incredible national parks, Dories, Ho! is for you.
Author
Matt Smith
Matt Smith drew his first Conan the Barbarian adventure when was eight years old. A children’s book illustrated fascinated by traditional lore and comic-book heroes, Matt lives with his wife and their dog in Lexington, Massachusetts. Visit his website at www.barbarianlord.com, find Barbarian Lord on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter (@barbarianlord).
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Reviews for Dories, Ho!
Rating: 4.923076923076923 out of 5 stars
5/5
13 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! Love the sarcastic humor and now have another thing added to my bucket list!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another good Matt & Karen book! I've previously read all three "Dear Bob & Sue" books. Matt claims to be the writer and Karen the researcher in this collaborative project. They are good storytellers as well as informative. I'll never be able to "float" down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, but I appreciated their descriptions of beauty, their hikes along the river, and of how the process of camping along the river was handled to "leave no trace." It is complicated on a multi-day camping trip, where thousands of people will pass that way during a season; everything handled with relative ease by the experienced crew!