This month's featured waymarker was one of those guys who were early to the waymarking scene. He actively geocaches and waymarks, specializing in historic and building categories. Read on and learn more about this New York waymarker.

Home Waymarking area: Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY and frequently Disney World

What does your username mean: Since my name is Ray, my friends throughout high school and college always called my Rayman, so I went with it.

Favorite category: U.S. National Register of Historic Places, New York Historical Markers, American Guide Series, and Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings.

Least favorite category: Payphones and any category where waymarks move (Kissmobile Sightings, Art Cars, etc.)

Favorite waymark you've ever posted: I'd probably have to go with my rotosphere (WM3CMM) I found while on vacation to Disney World. I had a hard time finding a hotel room and ended up staying in Lakeland, which is pretty far away from where I normally stay. I was on the way back to the hotel from watching a spring training baseball game and caught it out of the corner of my eye. So I swerved across two lanes of traffic to make the turn into the parking lot to check it out. I then wondered if it actually worked. Imagine my delight when I went back later that night and saw it lit and spinning in all it's glory. I just sat there for several minutes watching it it total amazement. By far one of the most coolest things I've ever seen. After coming to my senses, I set up the tripod and got a bunch of pictures and a video, which can be seen on YouTube.

Waymark you're most proud of: I'll say the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park (WM3XKC). It's the largest inland military museum in the country. There are two decommissioned ships and a submarine to tour along with exhibits, planes, and numerous war memorials. Most of the area can be experienced free of charge along our great waterfront. I'm also really proud of Buffalo in general. We get a bad rap a lot, but when people come to visit to see what we have to offer, their opinion quickly changes.

A waymark (yours) that you'd most recommend a visit to: Niagara Falls State Park (WM1ZHE), the oldest state park in the US. It's also listed on the NRHP and was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. There are a bunch of other great touristy waymarks within the park that were listed in the New York American Guide as well. I would be glad to provide a tour to anyone who visits (preferably in the summertime). [We may have to take you up on that, Rayman, if we ever make it up that way.]

Any featured waymarks?: Sadly I have none. [Okay Groundspeak, get to work on this. I recommend the Niagara Falls State Park Waymark. Not many state parks that are that glorious.]

Total number of grid boxes filled (posted and visited combined): 303

Waymarking achievements: 100 waymarks posted in NRHP and NY Historical Markers, and finding a rare Toynbee tile and even rarer functioning rotosphere.

Waymarking goals: To waymark a Disney World benchmark that hasn't been found before and to get a bingo.

Waymarking style (gridder, specific category waymarker, both): Mostly I go for specific categories, but occasionally I'll get obsessed with trying to fill the grid.

How did you get started in waymarking?: I don't really remember it was so long ago. I must have read about it in the geocaching forums and decided to check it out. I thought it looked pretty interesting so back in August 2005 I posted my first two waymarks in the brewpubs category ( WM94 and WM96). In fact, one of them still doesn't have a picture since it wasn't required back then.

Who do you primarily waymark with or do you waymark alone?: Most of the time I'm alone, but occasionally when geocaching with BarbershopDru and Andy Too we'll grab a few waymarks together.

Do you have a dog you waymark with?: I'm not really a dog person. I have a fluffy kitty who waits for me back home. [Okay, well, I guess I'll forgive you for being a c** person - HN]

Total states/countries you've waymarked in: 5 states plus Ontario, Canada

Country you would most like to take a way-vacation in: There are so many places in the US that I want to see first before heading to a different country. But if I had to pick, probably the UK.

Waymarkers that you've personally met: The Blue Quasar, MrsMcFly, PTCRAZY, Jeremy, tiki-4, CoinsAndPins, unimoggers, and of course my hometown pals BarbershopDru, Andy Too, and Szuchie.

Strangest or funniest thing that happened to you while waymarking: I'm really pretty quiet and boring, so I don't have any interesting stories. Nobody has ever questioned what I was doing, I've never injured myself or never almost got in a car accident.

Do you have any waymarking pet peeves?: People who log one or two worded visit logs and deadbeat leaders.

What would you like to see in Waymarking in the future?: The ability to more easily vote out deadbeat leaders. Also, a way to have a pool of pictures that I can use to cross-post to my own waymarks instead of uploading the same photo 3 or 4 times.

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