Motorcycle Graveyard in Mena, Arkansas

The sun was setting and I needed to find the nearby state park and get a site before darkness, but I saw this sight and I had to stop.

I pass a lot of old cars on the back roads of America and wonder why: Why did this beautiful '56 Chevy just get left at the edge of this field? Why did this '67 Mustang get parked over by these two half-ton trucks from World War II and left to rust in the grass.

This is on the sight of a Scooter / Motorcycle business in Mena that still operates. I guess its a rural thing to think that instead of having some shiny new chrome out by the road its ok to let your fifty or so parts bikes rust away.

That's ok with me because I got a chance to check each one out and think about who owned them when they were new, where they went, and how much they hated parting with that old Honda when they couldn't get it fixed.

R.I.P.