Welcome, Dave - glad to have you on board.
If you haven't done so already, I recommend popping into the Private Flying forum, as well as this one. We're a very friendly bunch of people in there, and all keen to talk about anything to do with PPL flying or training - whereas this forum, although jus as friendly, is aimed at commercial students who already have a PPL.
Also, note that the majority of people on these forums are British, so if you have questions specifically about flying in the US (e.g. airspace, r/t, local procedures) then it's worth making it clear that you're talking about America, otherwise you'll get lots of (interesting but) not very relevant replies about the UK.
FFF
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