Annual Belmont Egg Adventure Hunt Draws Hundreds

The excitement was palpable as hundreds of children and their parents waited in the Twin Pines Park parking lot Saturday morning for the Belmont Egg Adventure Hunt to start.

Neighbors chatted with neighbors. Some children twirled their Easter baskets in their hands while others stood in line, waiting to have their pictures taken with the Easter bunny.

Robyn Marlinski, who organized the annual Egg Adventure Hunt for the , said this year’s attendance was about what had been expected.

“We were expecting about 250 kids and that’s about how many that came,” said Marlinski.

The excitement of watching children scramble for plastic eggs and receive prizes is the most exciting part of the day for her, Marlinski said.    

Julie Rorabough was at with her two daughters. This was the second time she’s brought her girls to the egg hunt. But Rorabough is no stranger when it comes to searching for eggs at Twin Pines Park.

“I was born and raised in this area. I used to come to these egg hunts,” Rorabough said.

It took the children, who were divided into four different age groups (3 and younger, 4-5, 6-7, and 8-10), only minutes to scoop up well over a thousand plastic eggs and more than a thousand pieces of candy.

The eggs for the younger children were laid out in the grassy area behind the .

For the children 7 and above, the eggs and candy were hidden in the picnic areas near the playground equipment.  

While most of the plastic eggs were filled with candy, others contained a special surprise.

Those children lucky enough to find plastic eggs with numbered strips of paper in them went to the prize table to claim more than 100 surprises. Those included dozens of inflatable toys, a Louisville Slugger baseball bat, several remote controlled cars and nearly a dozen gift certificates from local merchants.

Steve Mills brought his 3-year-old son to the Egg Adventure Hunt for the second year in a row.

Mills described the egg hunt as a good community event and felt the Belmont Parks and Recreation Department did a nice job with the egg hunt.

Just moments from the start of event, Mills’ son paced around the parking lot.   

“He’s ready to go. He’s been excited all week,” Mills said.