Just checking weather.com this morning, I see that the rain is finally coming to an end in the Valley. The precipitation tally reported there is 1.11 inches of rain Thursday, .83 Friday, .09 Saturday, and .11 Sunday. It was enough to get our little Beaver Run out of its banks. Downstream, at nearby Jordan Hollow Inns and elsewhere until it joined Hawksbill Creek, it churned and crashed noisily as it rushed home to the Shenandoah and eventually the Potomac.
There was localized flooding along the banks of the feeder streams, with pretty significant bank erosion that we saw out in some pastures. An old mill dam near Luray was taken down by debris after being damaged during the winter snow storms – in fact, the warm rains helped melt away much of the snow and that only contributed to the rising streams. In the upstream shot above you can see the berm where the beaver dam used to be.
Still, some can make the best of it. I saw a pair of mallards over in Beaver Run riding the current. They started from out of the view in the upstream shot, and rode it all the way down to the culvert – hopping out for a rest before flying off. They left the rest of soaking and looking forward to sun again.
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