Robert Patrick, (left), Dusty Pemelman,(right) and Dean Pemelman (rear) head out into the Big Cypress National Preserve in a swamp buggy for the Labor Day Weekend. Planning to spend four days in the woods, the men came down from Brandenton, but have been hunting, fishing and observing nature in the glades since childhood. TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Robert Patrick, (left), Dusty Pemelman,(right) and Dean Pemelman (rear) head out into the Big Cypress National Preserve in a swamp buggy for the Labor Day Weekend. Planning to spend four days in the woods, the men came down from Brandenton, but have been hunting, fishing and observing nature in the glades since childhood. TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Nick Roger kayaks near a mangrove island in Chokoloskee Bay in Everglades National Park at Everglades City, about 65 miles west of Miami. Labor Day visitors can rent kayaks, canoes or take boat tours in the largest mangrove forest in the Western Hemisphere. It is common to see manatees, bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles, many species of birds and fish and, of course, mosquitos. TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
David LeBoutillier enjoys some peace and quiet with his golden retriever, Jake, before the busy Labor Day weekend kicks into gear. LeBoutillier has lived onboard his house boat, the Aphrodite (pictured in the background on the left), for 36 years, and anchors his home near the intracoastal waters in an area he calls FIU Cove. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
David LeBoutillier enjoys some peace and quiet with his golden retriever, Jake, before the busy Labor Day weekend kicks into gear. LeBoutillier has lived onboard his house boat, the Aphrodite, for 36 years, and anchors his home near the intracoastal waters in an area he calls FIU Cove. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
David LeBoutillier enjoys some peace and quiet with his two golden retrievers, Jake and Jasmine, on the tender to his larger boat, the Aphrodite. LeBoutillier was taking the dogs out for a swim and a walk Friday afternoon, before the busy Labor Day weekend kicks into gear and takes over his solitude. He anchors his boat near the intracoastal waters in an area he calls FIU Cove. LeBoutillier has lived onboard his boat, the Aphrodite, for 36 years. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Elena Ebro 79, enjoy some peaceful time together with her brother Reynaldo Ebro 76, (not in photograph) under the Rickenbacker Causeway Bridge in Key Biscayne, The state Woldlife Conservation Commission sponsors Labor Day as a license-free fishing day for saltwater anglers. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Matthew Devine wears a hot dog suit and shows off some of the ice cream that will be for sale on board one of the two hot dog boats his family owns and operates, called Bay Sweep Concessions. This weekend, they will be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream and other goodies to boaters out at Beer Can Island and the Haulover Inlet sandbar. The original hot dog boat started for 15 years ago and they recently added this newer one. EMILY MICHOT / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
South Floridians and travelers just arriving make a colorful entrance to the Labor Day weekend at a sound-and-light installation at Miami International Airport on Friday. Enhanced by a multi-hued wall of windows, the installation is at MIA's third-level walkway, at the junction of the Dolphin and Flamingo parking garages and the new MIA Mover stop. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
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