BLOOMSBURG -- You can always count on a rainy day at the Bloomsburg Fair, but some people are actually happy to see rain.
Of course the vendors are disappointed with the weather, but many people at the fair are happy about the rain. Some even said they came because of the forecast. Others said it was the only day they could come so they made the best of it.
Fair President Paul Reichart said the rain cuts down on attendance.
"We can always count on a day or two of rain, but the last couple of years we've been pretty darn lucky," Reichart said.
Even so, there were plenty of people walking around with ponchos and umbrellas making the best of it. Nikki Kotoris of Northampton and her friends said this was the only day they could come to the fair.
"Everybody, even though we're retired, has busy schedules. So it's like Tuesday's the day it's going to make it and we're going rain or shine," Kotoris said. "We stopped, had breakfast at seven, and here we are. We brought our umbrellas."
Colten Rinehimer of Wapwallopen shared Kotoris sunny attitude. He came to the fair for his tenth birthday, but he didn't let the weather put a damper on his special day.
"[It's] not as crowded so the lines aren't as big and it's fun."
The people who don't like the rainy days are the vendors because they say they lose out on a lot of business.
"The rain affects my business by not selling the wares that I'm selling," said Charles Cole of Cole's Concessions.
Cole said the rain also affects his employees.
"They're expecting to get a few more hours in during the week and I had to turn around and send a couple home already from here."
There are things to do at the fair when it's raining, like seeing the animal exhibits and checking out what's inside the buildings, but most of the fun is outside.
Matt and Cathy Yarmel of Pond Hill said this was the only day they could come to the fair, so they made the best of it.
"It was not a good forecast, but we figured it would be good to come here because there wouldn't be many people and of course we came prepared," Matt Yarmel said.
When the rain started, the Yarmels went inside the exhibition buildings and looked around.
"We tried to do the outside things when it looked like it was not going to rain and then came inside when it looked more threatening."
They were not the only ones with that idea. As the rain drops fell, more and more people headed inside the horticulture, arts and crafts, and agriculture buildings.
"We like to save the inside buildings for a day there's possibly going to be rain so that's our plan for today," said Ann Guida of Lake Wallenpaupack.
Not everybody went into the buildings to stay dry. Some people chose to play bingo under a tent.
"It started out as a beautiful day and then it started raining so we thought let's get some bingo games in," said Steven Barna of Hazleton.
People also checked out the animal exhibits to stay dry. A lot of people told Newswatch 16 they didn't mind the rain because there were shorter lines at the food stands.
Even though fair officials say they expect attendance numbers to be pretty low, they're still happy. That's because the high attendance on the first three days of the fair helped them pay off the remainder of their debt from the 2011 flood.