Grays Harbor County Fair attendance was down a bit Thursday after Wednesday’s opening.

Fair organizers said 10,585 people visited the fair Thursday, several hundred more that last year’s Thursday attendance.

“County star, Lorrie Morgan, brought in a stronger senior crowd,” fair manager Mike Bruner said in an email. “Going in to Friday, we are 1,669 above the 2018 mark and on pace to challenge for an attendance record. We are hoping the weather stays good through Sunday to help us in that regard.”

Wednesday’s attendance was the second-highest on record with 11,462.

Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Adult admission is $10, seniors 62 and older $7, kids age 6-15 $7, and kids age 5 and younger get in free. The front and pavilion gates will allow fairgoers to pay for admission using credit or debit cards.

Games and rides await at the fairgrounds in Elma. (Photo by Mike Lang/Grays Harbor News Group)

A Polish chicken eyes a photographers in a barn at the fair. (Photo by Mike Lang/Grays Harbor News Group)

Carnival worker Albert Horton welcomes children onto the ferris wheel at the Grays Harbor County Fair on Friday. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)

Junior Parris, left, and Tim Stangeland check out the engine of Parris’ El Camino at the Grays Harbor County Fair on Friday. (Hasani Grayson | Grays Harbor News Group)