Retired Air Force officer Sam Golden reflects on the time he spent in the Azores in the 1950s. As a young officer, the experiences, relationships and choices he made at that time changed his life and had a significant effect on his future. The risks he took, the close calls he had, the places he saw, the experiences and the loves of that period left an indelible impression. This was a coming of age of a twenty-something on a miserable rock in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.