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Pack your bags: Saskatchewan and Alberta

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

SASKATCHEWAN

Eastend and T. rex Discovery Centre: 306-295-4009;

www.dinocountry.com

The Wallace Stegner House Committee: Eastend;

www.stegnerhouse.ca

Big Muddy Badlands:

www.bigmuddybadlands.com

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park: 306-662-5411 for the Saskatchewan office; 403-893-3777 for the Alberta office; www.cypresshills.com

Fort Walsh National Historic Site: 306-662-3590; www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/walsh/index_e.asp.

Open daily, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from the Victoria Day long weekend to Labour Day. Closed Monday and Tuesday after Labour Day. Last day of operation for the 2005 season is Sept. 25.

Historic Reesor Ranch: 306-662-3498 or 403-502-9026;

www.reesorranch.com

Tourism information:

www.sasktourism.com

ALBERTA

Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens: Lethbridge; www.nikkayuko.com; 403-328-3511. Open mid-May to mid-October.

Fort Macleod: fortmacleod.com.

The Fort Museum of the NWMP: 403-553-4703; nwmpmuseum.com.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump:www.head-smashed-in.com; 403-553-2731.

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre: 403-562-7388; frankslide.com.

Tourism information:

www.travelalberta.com.

RCMP

History: www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Reading: The Great Adventure: How the Mounties Conquered the West, by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths, Penguin Books.

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