A safe and pleasant drive. I have traveled that route many times, it is rather long, even in a car.
I like the porch idea and the blink camera thing. It will be interesting to see who is coming and going.
Had a massage earlier this week, day after the snow stopped falling, my masseuse and I were discussing how you can see who has been tracking through your yard and how it was interesting to see what a wildlife highway it turns out to be. I sometimes see deer pass by my windows as they graze my flower garden, or just trample it, two feet from the window but I was surprised by the other critter tracks I saw, not sure what it was yet.
Since the snowy weather cleared up it's been fairly warm and sunny with some rain but well above freezing at night, about 50 miles east of here it's been a different story but now that's warming up today. We're right on the margin of two vast air masses of very different temperatures and sometimes where they collide. It's as exciting as being between the big lakes!
Hope the day goes well!