Ughh ... helps to make use of the resources available. I downloaded the quick start example from Taylor ... based on his example I modified my js file by deleting the opening lines
''''
var app5 = new Vue({
el: '#app-5',
''''
and replacing with the following (I renamed the el tag to make it more readable and obviously did not need to use the ID="" with the format shown below)
'''
Vue.component('my-tableau', {
''''
and then in my welcome.blade.php I wrapped the entire page after the @section('content') with - and of course closed the tag at the end of the page.
'''
@section('content')
<activity-log inline-template>
'''