What’s Labor Day 2015 at the beach look like on Anna Maria Island? It looks like a Norman Rockwell painting. Islander photographer Jack Elka answers the question with a drone photo taken Sept. 6 looking south from the Manatee Public Beach. It looks like plenty of people taking advantage of time away from work, sharing the white sandy shoreline, a beautiful blue sky and the varied aqua colors of the Gulf of Mexico. The high temperature over the weekend reached 93 degrees and the water temp hovered in the 90s. Click here to read more about “Salute to labor”







