Cando Shirts - Duck Hunting Capital of North Dakota

Cando is such an awesome little town and it has a real community to it. I saw some old bar t-shirts from small towns and thought that Cando could use a shirt for itself. These shirts depict a hunter in Cando, ND taking aim during duck hunting season featuring the population and established date of the town.

Do you have Cando pride? Love to hunt or just love the design then these are for you. These are crowd sourced and available for a limited time. There are only a few days to buy them before the chance is over so be sure to grab yourself a Cando T-Shirt.

The Unexplained of North Dakota

Over the last few years of driving cross country I have often thought about the unexplained... yes, the aliens and ufos of the world. Much of the thoughts fueled by Coast-to-Coast syndicated radio show (Art Bell).

I have wondered about what sightings and unexplained events have happened throughout North Dakota so I turned to the web to do research and got connected with Undercover Files - Forum About Government Conspiracies, Misinformation, UFOs, Aliens and the Unexplained. Because I didn't grow up in North Dakota I think I'm missing out on a lot of history. I've heard about government bases, bunkers and facilities which if now abandoned would make great doomsday preparation facilities.

How the mind can go wild and think of all different things. What are your thoughts on the unexplained and the end of the world?

Coffee in Cando

I had plans to open a coffee shop in Cando, a place that specialized in coffee and offered a great environment for hanging out but allowing you to get in and out quickly! I even spoke with my real estate agent Amy Nikolaisen about possible locations but atlas, time being the factor I just didn't have much of it to spare!

I always thought Cando could use a coffee shop. While I was surfing Facebook I noticed a new local Cando business pop up in my feed -- Cool Beans! Now I haven't been to this coffee shop but I'm happy to see a new business sprout life in Cando and it being a coffee shop! My next time in Cando I will be sure to check them out. For the time being I will keep reading up on Espresso Forums - Coffee Forum for the community.

Traveling into Devils Lake, North Dakota

Devil's Lake was a 30 minute drive from Cando, Nd.
This shot was taken during my drive to the local Indian casino -- Spirit Lake Casino ( http://spiritlakecasino.com/ ). A storm was just passing and the sky and reflections were just perfect. Made me see real beauty in the landscape despite the mosquitoes during the humid summers.

The drive was always longer than it seemed. Especially coming from a city where the roadways are connected in every angle having to drive in straight lines is less direct than diagonal :) Add on the extra time with the snow during the winter and the construction fixing the damaged roads from all the plowing in non-snow time -- sometimes thing's took a little longer than expected. But I don't ever remember being in too much of a hurry in the first place ;)

Remembering the Winters

I'm told that the winter I moved to Cando in 2008 was one of the worse in many years. I had just moved into town relocating from the west coast, I had made it right before all the winter storms had moved in covering everything in snow. The house I moved into was older and was heated by an oil furnace which became rather costly at the peak of gasoline prices but it worked well keeping me warm! 

Let me tell you that I love the snow and I don't mind the cold as long as I'm well prepared. Sitting inside the house looking out at the snow is one of the most peaceful feelings you can have watching the flakes and flurries cover every inch of earth. And this is exactly what I did all winter long. Each morning waking up I would pour a cup of Cafe Du Monde coffee and sit down at my desk in the living room to start my day connected to high speed Internet. Every now and then I would take breaks and pace around the house looking outside the picture window in the living room feeling blessed.

I never felt distracted in Cando and I was very productive. You see… the cold weather kept me indoors most of the time. Once a day I would venture out to the post office down the street to pickup mail and drop off letters sometimes picking up groceries from the local store. When I started to get stir crazy a 30 minute drive to Devils Lake would be in order with larger stores, restaurants and a multi-picture movie theater.

Anything I couldn't find locally I would order via the Internet and I was thankful of the UPS and Fedex drivers who would take that trek to  do a rural delivery. 



Cando is a perfect place to reconnect with life or get work accomplished .