As you say, it does get easier with practice but my barn, where I have my setup table, is about 200 Yards from where I take off. I just didn't want to walk that far with everything powered on because I didn't feel like removing the canopy, haha
I ended up replacing the canopy with a carbon one and as a side effect, it's much more flexible and easy to install/remove. By accident, this little problem is solved for me!