Hi Dad!
This gives you a bit of the human scale. The main beam across the car port is about 6″ out of my outstretched reach. From the car port to the front door will be a 15′ long or so ramp up to a patio – all protected by extended eaves. The snow and rain should shed out to the front of the house year round for simplified access to and from the car in bad weather.

You can also see the multi-tiered roof line here