Hi Tom,
Thanks so much for your response. I've been tinkering with a number of things over the last few days, and I was just able to get the login page to load !! :). I started all the way over and used node.js version 10.
I did get a question about Casper.js, it asked me if Casper.js was installed, but before I could respond it moved on and finished the instal.
So, at least now I can log in and get started learning. I'll be sure to post here again if I come across any problems that stump me :). thanks again for taking the time to respond.
~Chris