Maybe "kicked back" is poor terminology, the transfer sat unconfirmed for 12+ hours, so I went to bed. Woke up, reloaded Electrum and saw that the "unconfirmed" transaction was no longer at the top of my wallet. So i resent a different amount to the same address, and with as I said the higher fee and the same scenario is playing out.
The ID showing up in Blockchain should be from the transfer initiated this morning, however the time shows as being initiated yesterday.
I've been using Electrum for about 3 months, maybe a dozen transactions and never had this issue before...
I really do thank you guys for your taking your time in looking into it.
BOG