I ran across Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge today. It interested me not only because of the locale but the name sounded a bit Mayan (it is however an indian name after the Tu Tu’ Tune Rogue indians). It’s quite the opposite of Guatemala and the Mayan Riviera however.

The lodge is located in the rural southwest corner of Oregon, 40 miles from the California border. It’s perched on the Rogue River 7 miles from the Pacific Ocean. If you wanted a location to get away from it all and have a life altering experience I’d say that this is a place that could make that happen. While it doesn’t appear to be a typical theme room it makes you want to stay and experience each room.

One I’d specifically like to take in is the Chinook Suite as it has a row of windows that meet in a corner that overlooks the Rogue River. This would be a wonderful place to soak in the area or just sit and read a book. The Inn isn’t for the thrifty traveler as a King room with a fireplace will run you from $180-$300 a night depending on the season. If you have a special occasion coming up however this would make a great romantic getaway or even if you just wanted to treat yourself to a day or two without any ringing phones or pressing deadlines.

The hotel and web site appear beautiful, however the ugly Flash quickly shows it’s head as you try to view each of the impeccably adorned rooms. When you drill down far enough to see one of these beautiful rooms and you try to click back as you loose the room navigation you go back to an outdated splash screen. Instead you can do some index finger calisthenics by clicking ‘Rooms > One King Bed > Room Name’ and then going through the process all over again. This is really such a shame as I’m so eager to look through each room.

- 38 HTML error
-CSS passed.
-Failed accessibility test

Overall I would give the site an C. It’s really too bad as it wouldn’t take much to make the site more usable and accessible. It’s just another case of Flash being miss-used. The whole site is done in Flash and prevents me from bookmarking or adding links to various pages. A little semantic markup and tableless design along with a restructuring of the site could make it much more user friendly.

As always I look for three navigation items when reviewing a site, accomodations, rates and photo gallery. While there are no links for rates or photo gallery. It did however have a link for lodging which seems to fit better than accommodation for this more rustic getaway.

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