I appreciate the tip. I started this journey to adb and now I end up going from link to link. In trying to install ADB one link after another pointed me to another.
One link said ADB on the NookColor was done best by doing wireless. So I went to the Market and installed it. From the cmd prompt I type adb connect xxx.xxx.x.xxx:5555 and I get adb is not a recognized command.
So I install IOMonster's Easy NookColor USB ADB Driver Pack and still nothing happens. That method seemed to indicate I needed to hook my USB cable up. I did, but again it doesn't recognize the command.