Eliz decided that we needed a front porch for our rebuilt canopy and gently nagged the crap out of me until I agreed. As is nearly universal, I found that the result of her nagging was a really great idea, perhaps one day I will learn from my experiences.
When Kenny moved back from Georgia where he went for the winter he was able to park close enough to use the back part of the canopy as his front porch.
Here is Tita Marie in the fall of 2007 after we got the underpinning in place to try to keep the pipes from freezing.