Is this Colville National Forest? I've always wanted to check that area out.

> to honor him

No, it has nothing to do with him. Again you’re the only people who bring him up.

Honestly no one would ever even know who that man is except for the people who complain that it was named after him, so that’s some Streisand Effect for you. But, for me and surely 99.99% of other people in the region, Rainier just means a gorgeous mountain and gorgeous area with an enormous amount of fun things to do and great memories, so personally I wouldn’t want it changed just because some people want to copy Denali’s/Mt McKinley’s footsteps, which is again a completely different situation because the people in that area actually only called it Denali for more than 100 years if I remember correctly.

Honestly, no one outside of the person you responded to calls it Tahoma either. Everyone just calls it Mt Rainier. Call it Tahoma if you want but it's not like there is a local custom to call it Tahoma (like Denali, for example) - just FYI.

Yes it's very touristy, but it's that way for a reason - because it's amazing. The combination wildlife, variety, and geological features are just unmatched. It's not like it's impossible to get away from the crowds, either.

Also another fun fact about Yellowstone (kind of) - the valley through Idaho to the southwest of Yellowstone is there because of previous super-volcano eruptions, of which Yellowstone is simply the latest. As the continent is pushed further west, but the hotspot that formed yellowstone stays in place, there will be another super-volcano do the east of yellowstone.

One of the things I love most about nature is seeing the evidence of millions of years of Earth's history, and Yellowstone is chock-full of that. I don't know if there are better examples of plate tectonics in the entire world.

>everyone is entitled to believe what they want

Tell organized religion that

I dropped my ballot in the mail today. I feel a little bad for not doing it sooner, knowing that it probably won't be counted by tomorrow night, but it will be received and counted.