The North Olympic Peninsula weather may make for an uncertain spring, but hordes of children showed no hesitation as they enjoyed the first rite of the season — the Easter egg hunt.
Children collected dyed and plastic eggs across the Peninsula from Quilcene to Forks on Saturday.
And more will be out in droves today.
Children will forage for some 120 dozen eggs in Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend after the gates at the part at 900 Jackson St., open at 8 a.m. today.
Members of the Elks Lodge 317 organize the annual hunt, which has been offered for about 77 years, and have prepared special baskets and prizes.
This afternoon, the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 26 in Port Townsend will award prizes after children find the 90 dozen dyed eggs in American Legion Park.
The hunt will begin at 1 p.m. at the park on Discovery Road, which is just off Mill Road.
Also on Saturday, an Easter bunny handed out candy to children in downtown Port Angeles, Port Angeles Downtown Association, and the First United Methodist Church of Port Angeles held a block party
Saturday egg hunts were organized by the Quilcene Lions Club at the Quilcene Community Center, KONP-AM 1450 radio at Shane Park in Port Angeles,the Fairview Bible Church at the Port Angeles church, the First United Methodist Church in Port Angeles, the Sequim Elks Lodge, Carol Kitchens and her family at Salt Creek Recreation Park near Joyce, the Hungry Bear Cafe on U.S. Highway 101 15 miles north of Forks, the Quileute Tribal Council Housing Authority in LaPush, and Forks volunteers in Tillicum Park.
