The season to cache acorns is upon us, and some might need a review on how to properly bury these orbs of protein. The following is a tutorial for squirrels and curious folks who would like to know how to bury an acorn.
On the south side of Chicago, I walked across snow-covered sand on an icy lakeshore. The ice that had formed where water met beach lowly creaked as water moved underneath it. The winter day was cold, but, thankfully, there was a lack of wind whose harshness would have only been magnified by traveling across Lake Michigan.