NEWFOUNDLAND -- There's still plenty of time left to get to county fairs around our area including in Wayne County where the G.D.S. Fair is running longer this year than years past.
From the front gate at the Greene, Dreher, Sterling Fair in Newfoundland through the midway to the 4-H area, there's more in store for everyone this year.
That's because the fair is running not just one weekend but two; it's a break from tradition, but a way for the Roadside Bistro to serve up more orders and make more dough.
"The weekends are definitely the biggest business and rightfully so. I’m excited for it," said Michael Otting who runs the food truck.
Four extra days mean a chance for students in the Wallenpaupack Area School District to enjoy the G.D.S. Fair the entire holiday weekend then go back to school the day after Labor Day.
"To give community opportunity to experience our fair when typically kids go back to school and they aren’t able to come to the fair," said fair director Lyn Klingerman when asked why the fair is being held longer this year.
On the one hand an extra weekend at the G.D.S. Fair means better business for the vendors, but for the folks who have to tend to their livestock, just about everyday, the 4-H kids, they said it’s added stress to their lives.
"I have barn chores I have to do before I come down here and it gets pretty tiring, very tiring," said Jake Peet of Newfoundland.
Peet and his friends live on crock pot meals while spending the day--6 a.m. to 11 p.m.--at the fair. And now it's a few extra days than years past.
And while summer unofficially ends with the final day of the G.D.S. Fair, folks are getting in every bit of fun they can before it's gone until next year.
"We can get the kid in cheap. She’s enjoying it, a lot of kiddie rides," said Kathleen McCarthy of Greentown.