Kids gather Easter eggs in a mad dash to win prizes at the Tortosa Easter Eggstravaganza March 26. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

Tortosa Homeowners Association hosted its annual Eggstravaganza in the subdivision’s main park on Saturday. The carnival included games, pony rides, face painting, egg dyeing, bounce houses, a petting zoo, food and more. The Easter Bunny showed up on a fire truck with Mayor Christian Price on hand, and there were egg hunts for different age groups. Several events benefited the Be Awesome Youth Coalition.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.