Egg hunt race leaves competitors with un-eggs-pected egg-xiety

When the Lifestyles editors presented us with an opportunity to compete in an egg hunt race, we couldn’t refuse the chance to relive one of our favorite childhood activities.

With 20 minutes to hunt, we frantically ran around the quad. The eggs were harder to find than we anticipated, and we soon realized that the competition wasn't about speed, but rather about skill.

Circling trees and glancing under bushes, Elaine had little success at first. After spotting an egg on top of the billboard in front of the cafeteria, she remembered the editors’ hint that several eggs were hidden at tall heights. But even with that hint in mind, she failed to find any more eggs in trees.

Leena found a few eggs immediately, giving her hope, but scanned over what she would later realize was an egg gold mine, having eggs-pected easy-to-spot eggs in open space.

Near the halfway mark, we regrouped briefly and counted six eggs in Elaine’s bag and five in Leena’s, regretting that we didn’t cover enough area in the crucial first minutes of the hunt. Despite our odds, we continued to search. For the last 10 minutes, however, Elaine only found one more, and Leena found none.

In the end, the results were grim: 32-12 in favor of Team Framy, the eggs-straordinary egg-hunting queens.

Although we endured a staggering loss, we felt that it was still a rare, eggs-quisite eggs-perience that will definitely remain a memorable part of our time as Falcon staffers. Even so, we have an entire year to hone our eggs-tremely applicable egg hunting skills, so Team Framy should watch their backs for our rematch next time.