is from the canyon rim. It's Spider Rock, an 800' sandstone spire. We're standing at 1000' at the canyon rim looking down at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon. Legend has it that Spider Rock is where the Navajo indians learned to weave and make baskets. 
We are standing in front White House Ruin built by ancestral Puebloan people and occupied about 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster.
This is Mummy Cave Ruin and was occupied to about 1300. The shaded alcoves are comprised of living and ceremonial. The tower complex resting on the cental ledge was built in the 1280s by people who migrated from Mesa Verde.
This is Cat Rock. See the resemblance to a cat's face? Way cool..................and the journey continues
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