"PART MEMOIR, PART TRAVELOGUE, NO OVERNIGHT PARKING: A YEAR OF VANLIFE, DISCOVERY, AND THE OPEN ROAD IS ORIGINAL, EXCEPTIONAL, AND A FASCINATING READ FROM START TO FINISH. AS AN AUTHOR, JUERGEN BARBUSCA REVEALS A GENUINE FLAIR FOR THE KIND OF NARRATIVE DRIVEN STORYTELLING STYLE THAT KEEPS THE READER EAGERLY ENGAGED FROM COVER TO COVER." —MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW Juergen Barbusca leaves a demanding job in corporate America for a yearlong, 32,000-mile adventure across the United States and Canada in a van he nicknames “The Shoebox.” With a road atlas and a stubborn check engine light for company, he sets out to right-size a growing work-life imbalance by exploring small towns, sweeping landscapes, and the spaces in between, right down to the perils of overnight parking. A self-described vanlife greenhorn, Juergen soon discovers that the real adventure isn’t just iconic highways or spontaneous detours, but the people he meets along the way. Chance encounters, unexpected kindness, and an unflagging curiosity carry him through days filled with exploration and revelation. In the end, he carries home lessons only the open road can teach. Juergen steers his way to Going-to-the-Sun Road, the Cabot Trail, the Loneliest Road in America, and well beyond. Nights unfold in big-box parking lots, truck stops, neighborhood streets, and wide-open nature. Along the way, he browses one of America's last video rental stores, learns the secret behind Dutch-oven biscuits, and meets a cross-country walking minister. Whether reflecting on life’s twists inside Sloppy Joe's Bar, Ernest Hemingway’s favorite haunt, or witnessing everyday acts of generosity, he records the moments that give the journey meaning. Thoughtful and lighthearted, No Overnight Parking is a modern road trip narrative inspired by John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley in Search of America and William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways: A Journey into America . A blend of memoir and travelogue, it reminds us that sometimes the best destinations are the ones we never plan. "Part memoir, part travelogue, No Overnight Parking: A Year of Vanlife, Discovery, and the Open Road is original, exceptional, and a fascinating read from start to finish. As an author, Juergen Barbusca reveals a genuine flair for the kind of narrative driven storytelling style that keeps the reader eagerly engaged from cover to cover." — Midwest Book Review Juergen Barbusca was raised in Las Vegas and holds a bachelor's in German and a master's in public administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He's an award-winning communications practitioner whose career has included roles as a freelancer and corporate translator, nonprofit executive, and communications manager. In earlier years, he also took on a wide range of odd jobs-picking pineapples, washing dishes, sorting packages, hanging placards in subway cars, working as an airline ticket agent and restaurant waiter, selling beer from a hawker's tray, and managing a concession stand at an arena. After fourteen years in the tech world, when long hours slowly squeezed the joy from his work, he traded a computer screen for a camper van. When he's not behind the wheel or chasing down the next story, he enjoys swimming, cycling, foreign languages, and bad coffee at roadside diners.