Ooooh okay, this makes so much sense now! I didn't know there were tent mounts that could create a gap, this was the missing piece. Thank you so much responding with the pictures!
Okay, I'm new to this so bear with my dumb questions :-). Do you have to shim the RTT up, so there's a gap for the awning bracket? The part I don't understand is how the bracket for the awning attaches to the roof rack and how the RTT then fits on top of it.
Thanks for this post. I think I'm going to go with the same exact setup. It looks great, and having the one with the integrated awning looks like the way to go. Any other things you've learned after having this for a while?