Ok, it's been a while but finally got around to messing with it. I was getting 12.8 at idle and 14ish giving it a little throttle (no tach, but guessing about 2K). Took battery out and had it load tested, it is good. I made a major rookie mistake; I checked my ground cables and noticed that a couple of the terminal ends were very rusted. I check continuity and it was very splotchy ie I had to move the probes around to get a beep and it was inconsitent. I replaced the terminal ends and VIOLA! So far, so good. I should have checked them before even starting this thread but, really thought about checking them when I noticed the positive terminal was rather warm when it was running. Honestly I didnt think of checking them until that point because, the problem was new and just figured that was good. I over-thought the whole thing.
Thanks for getting me thinking "back-to-basics"....