You have your boots and cowboy hat ready to go. You have waited 52 weeks for this year’s Calgary Stampede, but you feel like you want something different?

Well if you go here are some things to make sure you know for the 2008 Calgary Stampede:

Calgary Stampede: Held at Stampede Park; use the CTrain ($2.50 adults, $1.50 children; www.calgarytransit.com; www.calgarystampede.com.

Heritage Park: 1900 Heritage Drive SW, (403) 268-8500, heritagepark.ca.

Glenbow Museum: 130 Ninth Ave. SE, (403) 268-4100, www.glenbow.org.

Buzzards Restaurant and Bar: 140 10 Avenue SW, (403) 264-6959.

Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park is southeast of Calgary on the Siksika Nation Reserve on Route 842. (403) 734-5171, www.blackfootcrossing.ca

Dinosaur Provincial Park is southeast of Calgary off Route 873, (403) 378-3700.

Banff and Lake Louise area: www.banfflakelouise.com.

•For information on the many sites along the Cowboy Trail, visit www.thecowboytrail.ca.

•For more information on Alberta, go to www.visitalberta.com or call a travel agent.

Calgary Stampede is often said to be the most thrilling rodeo in the world. Here is why it is critically acclaimed the most exciting rodeo.

Eight seconds. That’s all Zeb Lanham needs to earn a year’s salary of 100,000 dollars. Or to break every bone in his body. To collect the cash he has to ride a bull named Wranglers Rock Star, 500 kilogrammes of bucking, snorting muscle. For eight seconds. Duels like this make Calgary Stampede, held annually in the western Canadian province of Alberta, the most exciting rodeo in North America. This year it runs from July 4 to 13.

Lanham mounts the beast in the bucking chute and with just one hand, grips a rope wrapped around its girth. The gate is opened, letting the bull burst out into the arena. Lanham manages to hang on for just 4.7 seconds before being bucked off into the dirt. Disappointed, he scrambles to his feet. Read the rest of this entry »

Looking for a Calgary Stampede Breakfast on Sunday?

Enmax Family Fun Day Breakfast
Calgary Stampede Grandstand From 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM admission to Stampede Grounds Free Until 9:00 AM

Ready for the Calgary Stampede Breakfasts 2008?
For Saturday July 5th, 2008 here are the registered breakfasts:

Points West Mall, Cochrane
Chinook Centre
Marlborough Mall

Rockyview Alliance Church. Rockyview Alliance Church has provided the following information so you may contact them:

Email: office@rockyviewalliance.com
Phone: 403-280-2239
Website: http://www.rockyviewalliance.com

Our church has an annual Stampede Breakfast every year. We have live music, pancakes sausages and fun for the kids. We want everyone to know that you can come and join us!

The Calgary Stampede ropin’ the rockies package!

Starting at $1975.00 (Canadian Dollars) + 5% GST
This “round-up” 8-night circle tour features Alberta’s top icon attractions! Experience the Calgary Stampede, the magnificent Rocky Mountains, the picturesque towns of Banff and Jasper and the world’s largest shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta’s capital.

Calgary Stampede rock ‘n rodeo Package 2008

Starting at $455.00 (Canadian Dollars) + 5% GST
Enjoy the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth and the spectacular Rocky Mountains. Come experience the Calgary Stampede and other unique attractions in Banff.

Don’t miss out on all the fun when comingto the Stampede! The Stampede is great, but don’t miss Banff!