I know we are not the first to do this, but I wanted to post it anyways in case someone else wants an inexpensive awning on their TC. We bought 6 eye hooks and cut off part of the eye to create ope...
Years ago, travelling in a long van, we needed to do something like this. I got a strip of alumimun awning channel. And mounted it the entire length of the van, right above the doors. Got a cheap blue tarp, and sewed a small rope into one edge. When onsite, we just slid the tarp into the channel, used tent posts and stakes on the outside. No leaks on the van side, folded up and tossed inside for travel. Sold it with the van years later.