Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
I don't envy you the construction process, Ken -- when we did ours I was still working at home... while the "guys" were jack-hammering our about-to-be-former cement porch out
But in the end it is all worth it!
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion