Thanks everyone. I'm glad I'm not losing my mind.
The save game workaround is not ideal, as Don said, but this issue only affects a very small percentage of gameplay and most players will probably never encounter it or notice it, I would think.
I didn't mean to divert the discussion about junk hexes and game crashes (which is more important) but I thought this might be something related to that.
Plus... I learned how to zip and upload files!
