I appreciate the suggestions... I've been hearing "Join a club" from a lot of people.

but even with RC Cars both way back when I used to have a couple (25 years ago) and when i got back into it (little under 2 years ago)  Taking my RC's out is "Me Time". 

I dont want people crowding around me asking questions... seeing me wipe out.  Asking to try it.  I want to be left alone to  tweak, tune and, at time, trash my cars, trucks and buggies.

I'm going to start the same way with airplanes.  I don't have any interest in getting a group together and drawing a crowd.
I attend enough meetings at work, don't need them in my hobbies.  

its going to be several battery charges before I ever take the thing off the ground.  Several more before I get it higher than waist high doing touch and gos.. then simple turns.  and I don't want people around when I do it.

Clubs are just not for me.  Never have been.

I have been looking into flight simulators and Ive seen that some of the trainers even come with simple ones. 
It being the middle of winter and one of our wettest winters in decades.. I'm probably going to finish the winter on a simulator and actually start with a trainer in the spring.

Right now I'm looking at the Select Brushless Piper Cub.