The family lived in the office of the former Tauschman’s Motel in 2020 while tearing the place down to its bones. They built up The Rex in its place. There was a bit of culture shock and, at, 1,500 feet, a lot of snow.at the time,” Joanna Linton said in a YouTube video about the experience.
On a recent spring morning, guests were walking dogs and sipping coffee around The Rex’s grassy courtyard., regularly books guests from Philly, Brooklyn, and in-between. That doesn’t mean he and Joanna are simply sitting back to live the rural life now. Every old, seemingly empty bungalow or shuttered eatery near the motel gives them ideas. They recently bought an old, 10-acre campground nearby that they’ve transformed into “Camp Ferncrest.
“It’s really looking to expand on the clientele we know what to get into the outdoors but don’t necessarily have the gear or the knowledge to do it themselves,” he said. “We’ll provide all that.”