Sometimes it is the Journey AND the Destination

Ralph Waldo Emerson is attributed with the quote “It’s the not the Destination, It's the journey.” More often than not the statement holds true. However, sometimes anomalies exist as another fellow and I experienced today.

Radio work was needed on the Bremer County public safety communications system. To complete some of the work involved an interesting journey in a small, hardly one-person elevator car constructed of open, woven steel that inched its way up the 120’ to the location of the radio equipment rack on the roof of the silo. The elevator ride was my journey…the roof-mounted equipment rack was my destination. One took your breath away with a view of a quaint, rural town in Iowa while one took your breath away as you hoped claustrophobia, or fear of the dark, or fear of heights, or fear of open view elevator shafts went through your mind. I was fine, but would imagine some might not enjoy the work.

I embarked on the journey first so I could open up the equipment rack for the technician. Accessing the equipment did not take long, so as I waited for Matt to arrive at the completion of his elevator journey, I enjoyed this nice view of Readlyn, Iowa on what appeared to be a quiet Monday morning.