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.