LAKEPORT, Calif. – How long does it take a few hundred energetic children to gather up 2,880 Easter eggs?
Not as long as you might think.
The 89th annual Lakeport Rotary Easter Egg Hunt was over in the blink of an eye – or, more appropriately for the season, two shakes of a lamb's tail – early Sunday afternoon.
Hundreds of parents and children converged at the Lake County Fairgrounds for the festivities, with children joining the hunt in three age groups, from babies up to 12 year olds.
The children made quick work of the lengthy preparations that Easter Egg Hunt Chair Greg Scott and fellow Rotarians had made for the event.
Eggs were piled high in all kinds of Easter baskets, featuring everything from Batman to fluffy pink decorations.
Rotarian Kenny Parlet, who was the event's announcer, estimated those thousands of Easter eggs were gathered up in roughly four minutes.
Mark Buehnerkemper, another Rotarian, said that four minutes wasn't even the fastest in the hunt's history.
In the midst of all of those Easter eggs, there was reported to be at least one gold one that earned its finder a small cash prize.
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