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Close up of a portion of the Mummy Cave ruins
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Our final stop, Mummy Cave overlook. There are two large alcove filled with ruins here, this is just one
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Sue on the cliff above Antelope House
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A wide view of the bend in the canyon where Antelope House is located. In the far distance is Black Mesa
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The pictographs are to the left of the ruin, just above a ledge near the shade line.
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Near Antelope House is an extensive pictograph panel featuring many animals, yes, including antelope.
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Close up of Antelope House
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On Sunday morning, we visited overlooks along Canyon del Muerto. This is Antelope House Ruin, far below the canyon's rim
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Another view of Spider Rock; the canyon walls approach 1000 ft high here.
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The famous Spider Rock, near the confluence of Monument Canyon with de Chelly. The spire is over 800 ft tall
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Wind/water erosion of the de Chelly sandstone
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Yet another ruin tucked into an alcove above the canyon floor
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A small ruin visible from the White House overlook
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After our hike, Sue and I drove to several of the canyon overlooks. This panorama is from Tsegi overlook. Tsegi means something like "rock canyon" in Navaho; and was corrupted by early Spanish explorers into "de Chelly"
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Eroded de Chelly sandstone
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Cholla in Canyon de Chelly
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Our route takes us past White House Ruin once again.
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Cottonwoods with fall color. Apparently many of the cottonwoods were planted by the park service to help control erosion
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And yes, we did have a chilly crossing. But the water was shallow, and the sun rewarmed us
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Chinle Wash reflections. Yes, that's ice on the surface
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Canyon walls. The walls through this section of canyon are around 650-700 ft deep
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A relatively modern Navaho drawing of a horse
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Big horn sheep pictographs
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Close up of Spring Canyon Ruin. You can see part of a wood pole ladder extending through the top of the ruin.
