Another Summer In the Books After Labor Day Weekend
Sailing away to Falmouth.
Sailing away to Falmouth.
Loading the ferry Martha's Vineyard in Oak Bluffs.
Loading the ferry Martha's Vineyard in Oak Bluffs.
Queue of luggage.
Queue of luggage.
Oak Bluffs harbor empties out at the end of the holiday weekend.
Oak Bluffs harbor empties out at the end of the holiday weekend.
Busy, busy.
Busy, busy.
Rain held off for passengers to fill the upper deck.
Rain held off for passengers to fill the upper deck.
Riders pick up the Pied Piper on Edgartown's Memorial Wharf.
Riders pick up the Pied Piper on Edgartown's Memorial Wharf.
Hugs goodbye in Vineyard Haven.
Hugs goodbye in Vineyard Haven.
Collecting the tickets.
Collecting the tickets.
Boats were filled heading to the mainland.
Boats were filled heading to the mainland.
Taking the ferry Island Home from their Island home.
Taking the ferry Island Home from their Island home.
The crowded Labor Day weekend — on the town and on the beach — brought a sense of normalcy to the Vineyard. Islanders and off-Islanders alike spent Friday through Monday enjoying what they could of it, soaking in the last gasps of a Vineyard summer.