ChickenFur

Final solution:

Put this in my functions.php file and then through customizr added the secondary menu.

<?php
add_action( 'init', 'register_secondary_menu' ); // this registers your menu with WP
function register_secondary_menu() {
    if ( function_exists( 'register_nav_menu' ) ) {
        register_nav_menu( 'secondary-menu', 'Secondary Menu' );
    }
}

// Select the add_action you need, depending on where you want to add the menu and disable the rest:
//add_action('__before_header', 'display_secondary_menu');     // use this line to add above header
add_action('__after_header', 'display_secondary_menu', 1000, 0);     // use this to add after header
//add_action('__before_footer', 'display_secondary_menu');     // use this line to add above footer
//add_action('wp_footer', 'display_secondary_menu', 1000, 0);     // use this to add before credits

// display function for your menu:
function display_secondary_menu() {
    echo ( has_nav_menu( 'secondary-menu' ) ? wp_nav_menu (
        array (
            'theme_location' => 'secondary-menu',
            'container_id'    => 'secondary-menu',
            'container_class'    => 'secondary-menu'
        )
    ).'<div class="clearall"></div>' : '' );
}
?>

Making a little progress, found lots of great code snippets here:

http://www.themesandco.com/code-snippets/

http://www.themesandco.com/snippet/add-widget-area-header/

I will update if I find a solution.

I would like to be able to just stick with their theme and develop my page as a standalone page that displays in the main pane.