As always, you can answer all the questions for August or select one a week and elaborate.

❶ What were your most common childhood vacations like—road trips, visits to grandma’s house, camping trips, weekends at the lake or the beach?

❷ What was the biggest, most exotic vacation you took with your family when you were a child? What memories stand out?

❸ How many different states and countries have you visited throughout your life? Which were your favorites?

❹ Do you have one special vacation spot that you return to again and again? How did you find it? What draws you back? What do you love about it?

❺ What was the longest continuous vacation of your life? How long were you gone? Do you remember how much it cost?

❻ What have been your most memorable travel disasters? What lessons did you learn? Were you able to laugh in the moment or only after the fact?

❼ What are all the different modes of transport you’ve tried: motorcycle, car, van, bus, train, raft, canoe, sailboat, gondola, cruise ship, airplane, hot-air balloon, rickshaw, horse, wagon, camel? ❽ Have you ever travelled to a place that could imagine yourself moving to permanently? What did you love about it? What does it offer that can’t be found at home?

❾ What are the most memorable meals or exotic foods that you’ve tried on any of your travels?

❿ Are there any notable tourist destination within easy driving distance of your home that you’ve never visited— even though people travel there from all over the world?

⓫ Who have been your favorite traveling companions over the years? Who was the most adventurous and spontaneous? Who was the most dependable and prepared?

⓬ What future destinations are on your vacation wish list? Which of them do you truly believe you will see in your lifetime?

The #52Stories Project is a FamilySearch challenge to encourage writing your own personal life story. To view each of the 12 monthly themes, you can see a highlighted weekly question on Instagram (@FamilySearch) and the FamilySearch Facebook page. You can also download the series at https://familysearch.org/blog/en/52stories-printables/.