Buena Vista Ferry
10.20.2020

On the way to Buena Vista Ferry from highway 99W



























Modern farm houses (m)





























What a treat to the photographer eye!
















































































Buena Vista Ferry
Connecting Marion County and Polk County.
The river is approximately 720 feet wide at the crossing.
The ferry has a capacity of six vehicles. (m)

























The ferry is just unloading one car from the east side. (m)





























Taken with iPhone 11





























The same exact spot, taken with Sony mirrorless camera. (m)
For comparison purpose only.





























Now, it is our turn, from the west to the east side.




























It is $3.00 for one trip (less than 22 feet)




























In summer, it sells ice cream, soda and bottle water.





























Wells Island in the background.



























Crossing the river takes about 5-10 minutes

































Now the ferry is returning to the west side after we reached the east side






















































Returning to the west side. (m)
































We stopped by at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
I did not think to bring the binocular, well, next time.






























Eagle Marsh

























































Spotting migrating birds from the north. (m)







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