Hey Kurt....you would probably never do what I did for my driveway area but you're welcome to take a look at some of the canopy stuff I have done here:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1023147-continuing-thread-what-you-fix-iting-today-34.html
My garage faces North thankfully so that helps a lot but we still have a lot of sun and heat here so until I have a nice carport type structure built I'm doing what I have to just to get by.....
