I was reading more and came across the following info...

3dprintboard.com

It looks like they are trying to solve the raising issue. In the beginning of the tutorial it says to look for the auto bed level grid. That part doesn't exist in the firmware Colin provides. i am not sure I am capable of changing the firmware. Is it possible to just change the Marlin_Main.cpp? I am not wanting all the extra features, I just want the Z to raise before the probe retracts.