Photo caption: The three and under age group, aided by one adult, furiously gather plastic eggs with candy and prizes inside at the second annual Eggpalooza at the Anderson Field House in Bullhead City. There were four other age groups that followed during the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. The estimated crowd size was five thousand, more than twice the number from last year. Photo by Allen Scott
BULLHEAD CITY – Numerous locations around Mohave County acknowledged Easter with “egg hunts” and Bullhead City was no exception. Chamber Events supervisor Chelsie Martinez, who started Eggpaloosa last year, gives some statistics on this years’ event.
“This is actually the largest Easter egg hunt in the Colorado River Valley area. We’re talking tri-state. Some 50,000 Easter eggs, 10,000 eggs per age group. Your kid will come home with overwhelmingly full baskets of eggs. We’re excited. There’s food vendors here and non food vendors as well. There’s just so much going on.”
There were so many families that showed up, the first scramble had to be postponed a half hour just to get everyone into the Anderson Fieldhouse. The first age group of up to three years anxiously waited to begin. They were the only ones who could have adult assistance. The other four age groups had to gather eggs on their own.
The Anderson Field House parking lot was jam-packed long before the 2 p.m. doors open time. The first and youngest age group was to start gathering the brightly colored plastic eggs at 3 but the organizer of the event, the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce, had to set back the start time as at least double the number of families showed up from last year’s count.
In addition to the egg hunt, the venue had several jump houses, food trucks, and vendors to occupy the interest of the exceedingly large turnout. Obviously, there’s no shortage of children in the greater Bullhead City area.
