Crowd of children gather candy, eggs at City Park
Children race around the northwest corner of City Park for the annual Easter egg hunt Saturday morning.
Chessa Rule, 5, looks for Easter eggs to fill her basket.
Families await the start of the annual Easter egg hunt, which kicked off at 10 a.m. sharp. The event was divided into three separate groupings by age: kids aged 3 and under, 4-6, and 7-10.
Sunrise Lopez, 3, was decked in spring apparel as she collected Easter eggs.
Blake Hughes, 5, surveys the area near the end of the hunt. All Easter eggs were gathered up in under five minutes.
The Easter bunny made a guest appearance at the hunt. Here the rabbit hugs 6-year-old Tamrynn Simmons.
Dozens of Cortez-area families turned out to City Park on an overcast Saturday morning for the annual Easter egg hunt.
It was a short-lived event, as it didn’t take long for the crowds of children to scoop up the plastic eggs – and candy inside – scattered across the northwest corner of the park, right across the street from the library.
The hunt was open to children up to age 10, although it was separated into three separate groupings by age category.
The event is sponsored annually by the Cortez Rotary Club.
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