[billybek]

OK so here is how it went.
I did rinse the roast and patted it dry. I brushed the ends with butter and lightly brushed the whole roast with the remaining butter. I used two cloves of garlic minced and rubbed the whole roast with a small amount of kosher salt, the garlic and fresh ground pepper. I did leave the roast on the counter for about three hours to bring it to room temp. Preheated the oven to 475 (my wife tells me our oven is cooler than the display indicates) and cooked it for 15 minutes. I dropped the temperature to 325 and cooked it for a while until I panicked a bit when the internal temperature was still not registering on the probe (under 100 deg F) and there wasn't much time before my folks were to arrive. So I turned the temperature up to 350 to finish it.
Like I said before, my parents like their meat well done so I did cook it until the internal temperature read 140 deg F. Tented it while we tried a pan style Yorkshire Pudding (didn't work but was still yummy!)
The meat still had enough pink in it to be juicy and flavorful and was done enough to satisfy my parents.... Perfect!
I did cheat a bit on the gravy. I drained off the fat and mixed in 3/4 cup of red wine (Malbec)
and half a cup (should have used more) of the water used to boil the potatos with. Added some ground pepper and used Bisto packaged gravy mix to thicken it.
All in all a very nice evening with some good wine and dessert.
What I would have done different....
I would have tried to get everything finished earlier so my little guy wouldn't have had chocolate cake at 7:30 pm and the following chocolate/sugar high! I think he must have dropped some on the floor as the puppy seemed to be on a sugar high too!
Thanks again for your input.