Yosemite Falls
![Map of Yosemite Falls area](20060624yosemite/map_yosemite_valley2c5g190w550hq.jpg)
After lunch we took the free shuttle to Yosemite Falls (red line on map).
The first bus took us from the Day-Use Parking area to the Visitor Center. A second bus took us to Yosemite Falls. The buses run about every 15 minutes but we only had to wait a few minutes.
The crowds and limited parking make using the shuttle bus the best deal for getting from place to place in the valley.
At Yosemite Falls we walked up a path with views of the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls to a bridge below the Lower Falls (blue line on map).
Andrew hiked a short distance toward the falls alongside the stream for a better view.
We then walked down a different route back to the road and took the shuttle bus back to the car.
![Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point](20060624yosemite/20060624_065yosemite_andrew_0748cw350hq.jpg)
Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point
![Andrew and Yosemite Falls from trail to Lower Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_110yosemite_andrew_0803w350hq.jpg)
Andrew and Yosemite Falls from trail to Lower Falls
![Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_106yosemite_by_andrew_0799r9cw350hq.jpg)
Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls
![Andrew and Lower Yosemite Falls on trail](20060624yosemite/20060624_108yosemite_andrew_0801w350hq.jpg)
Andrew and Lower Yosemite Falls on trail
![Upper Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_102yosemite_by_andrew_0793cw350hq.jpg)
Upper Yosemite Falls
![Upper Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_112yosemite_by_andrew_0805w350hq.jpg)
Upper Yosemite Falls
![Lower Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_105yosemite_by_andrew_0798w700hq.jpg)
Lower Yosemite Falls
![Lower Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_113yosemite_by_andrew_0818cw350hq.jpg)
Lower Yosemite Falls
![Lower Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_115yosemite_by_andrew_0829w350hq.jpg)
Lower Yosemite Falls
![Lower Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_116yosemite_by_andrew_0830w700hq.jpg)
Lower Yosemite Falls
![Andrew and Lower Yosemite Falls](20060624yosemite/20060624_118yosemite_andrew_0832g125hq.jpg)
Andrew and Lower Yosemite Falls
![My Mother likes trees](20060624yosemite/20060624_121yosemite_by_andrew_0838w350hq.jpg)
Andrew's Mother likes trees
![For future reference](20060624yosemite/20060624_123yosemite_by_andrew_0844cw350hq.jpg)
For future reference
![Fallen tree along path back to bus](20060624yosemite/20060624_124yosemite_by_andrew_0845cw350hq.jpg)
Fallen tree along path back to bus
![For future reference](20060624yosemite/20060624_100yosemite_by_andrew_0789cfw350hq.jpg)
For future reference
![Ferns along trail back to bus](20060624yosemite/20060624_126yosemite_by_andrew_0848cfw350hq.jpg)
Ferns along trail back to bus
![Cliffs next to trail back to bus](20060624yosemite/20060624_129yosemite_by_andrew_0856cf700hq.jpg)
Cliffs next to trail back to bus