Jacob's Well

If you asked Connor what the best day of vacation was, he'd probably say this one--the day we ventured out into Hill Country to Wimberley, Texas to find Jacob's Well. I'd seen a picture of it on Pinterest and he'd remembered it. The well is an artesian spring and you can read about it here. It took a bit of hunting to find it...the GPS got confused and the signage is clearly in Texan...which is to say, "its non of your God damned business where anything is".

The well sits on top of a water filled cavern system that has claimed the lives of 8 divers. Its apparently not a cave to dive unless you are very experienced. We were lucky enough to happen upon two divers just about to enter---one of them for his first time. I got a quick video of them ascending from the well and you can see it here. Watch for Connor underwater with a mask trying to see them come out.

The big fun here was jumping into the well from the rock ledges above.  Throughout the time we were there, Connor slowly worked his way up to the higher rock.  Part building up courage and part nagging us to let him do it...by the end of the day he was jumping off the top.   You can see Bob jump here and Connor jump here.  (Connor's jump isn't from the big rock here....but that still shot below is his last jump of the day as we were walking out.)

It is a great place.  Kinda hidden and special.  I hope it stays that way. 

Thank heavens.  A sign.

Our first view

Approaching the deep!   The rock bed is so slippery--very hard to get your footing due to algae.

Connor jumps in from the high rock.

The life aquatic