Didn't manage a good picture of Sylva but I wanted to mention this little town that we often go through between Spartanburg & Murphy. We've gotten familiar with the main street, & usually have lunch here. I try to always buy a book (on Monday headed west, a little anthology of Black Mountain poets) at City Lights bookstore & today I also bought a book (H.D. Trilogy) at a used bookstore a block away. Sylva is the home of Western Carolina College, I believe, & has 2 good bookstores, 1 lousy one, & some decent restaurants.
We came back pretty much the same route ~ & just two days later, a lot of color was gone from the Blue Ridge Parkway.