Santa was a chimney sweep and a pirate! He’d case the joint by day then rob the rich by night. The rich would wake the next morning to realize they were robbed. The only clue was lumps of coal left in the fireplace. Meanwhile, orphans would find their stinky stockings stuffed with pirate booty thanks to the jolliest Roger, the dreaded pirate White Beard, Old St Nick!
There’s a famous Chinese proverb, “nothing eases the pain of heart break like shooting assault rifles with a cult”.
Vic tests this wisdom with his old friend, Issy Badger. The two visit a famous dive bar from the film Blue Velvet, and turn Thanksgiving weekend into a screwball affair that would make even Dennis Hopper proud.
150 years ago, a pivotal Civil War battle was fought on these beaches. Today, the coast is littered with dives, such as Beach Bumz, where rebels may be gone, but their spirit lives on in territorial line-dancing.
Uncharted Dives 