Caboose

Uh, Steve talks about the word caboose.

Now, a, a caboose, if I think of a caboose, you can refer to someone's, um, backside.

Caboose, yep.

The caboose, isn't that the last carriage in a train as well?

Yeah.

Right.

So I'm thinking, yeah, I'm thinking to even organize things that way so that maybe when kids come in, they start to understand, "Oh, if I do get there a couple minutes early, I get to do blah, blah, blah." I know that we've talked about, like, there are some class jobs that are the preferred class jobs, and those are usually we, [laughs] I think we talked about, like, line leader or line caboose or, you know-

Caboose, yeah

... there's just, there's always, you know, something that all the kids love to do.

For me when I was a kid it was, you know, bringing the erasers down to get the erasers cleaned because I'm old-

Yeah.

Caboose.

That's a fun word.

A caboose.

Caboose.

Yeah.

That is a fun word.

Cabeeses.

Uh-huh.

And Beth, like the caboose on Elizabeth.

See? Caboose.

That's

cute.

One.

Caboose! It didn't offend me.

I can't remember what else I've given Caboose and what else I've given Miss the Train.

It might be Miss the

Train.

The five guest rooms are actually inside the historic building, and guests can sit in the common areas and watch trains working the active BNSF rail yard right outside.

Here's another opportunity to sleep in a railroad car, but this time the caboose is part of a ranch getaway.

We're talking about the Flores Ranch Bell Plain Caboose in the Texas Hill Country.

Now, Flores Ranch offers the Bell Plain Caboose, a one-bedroom, one-bath retreat beside a lake.

Now, guests can combine the overnight stay with fishing, boating, grilling, or simply sitting around a fire.

The property also offers a tree house and cabin, so you could make this weekend road trip where the destination is almost as interesting as the road you take to get there.

There's also a half-mile walking trail, fire pits, and some particular nighttime stargazing.

After a day driving the back roads around Fredericksburg or Comfort, this is the kind of place where you can just park the car and simply enjoy Texas.

Hey, Chicka Bom Bom.

Caboose, what did I tell you about that? Sorry, sorry.

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