DOH! 53 is part of the SPI pins. I knew that, because I had stuff on SPI there and it just escaped me. It's funny now 
right? No. LOL 
Ok, so... pin 43 it is. Now I am down to about .09ma standard and .12ma max which I suspect that jump is when the high power rf24 module is send and receiving. That is much better!
Thanks for the help and space to work thru it!
Drew