“Bring
nothing but silence
Show
nothing but grace
Seek
nothing but shelter
From
the great human race
Take
nothing but pictures
Kill
nothing but time
Leave
nothing but footprints
To
show you came by.”
~ “Nothing But”
~ words &
music by John Kay
A
portion of the Kittattiny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, seamlessly slopes
into the landscape on a serene summer evening at Lehigh Gap in this high
contrast monochrome shot.
The
Lehigh Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap
Nature Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and
the Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Corridor Trail (D&L Trail).
The
Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh
Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running
from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and
Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
The
Lehigh Gap Bridge, slightly seen at right, was built in 1930 and rehabilitated
in 1984, and spans the Lehigh River.
This
scene echoes the beautiful chorus of the John Kay song “Nothing But.” The words
“Leave Nothing But Footprints” are often seen placed on hiking
trails, and in fact can be seen along the Walnutport Canal Towpath Trail a few
miles to the south.
