Silver ripples softly gleam
Moonlight dances on a late night stream
Silent banks and a quiet night
Washed in cool, celestial light...

Sometimes you’re out for a drive, and it’s a beautiful day. You’re in North Carolina. Everything around you is so green and pretty, but then again, every once in a while, as you cross a bridge, you look one way, and suddenly you see the French Broad River, considered to be one of the oldest rivers in the world.