Thanks to you who responded to my request for info. Comments related to your experiences are very helpful, whether your experience has been good or not so good.
Silly typo re: tow vehicle. Our car is a 2014 Honda Odyssey, has a very comfortable ride, and the book says it can tow 3500 pounds, so we're using that as our upper limit.
On a civility note, did I understand one of the responders to refer to me or my post as "trailer trash" that didn't belong on the forum? I hope I misunderstood, because in over forty years of camping in all manner of RVs, I have always found fellow travelers to be most agreeable. If that is what you meant, I will simply chalk it up to your having a bad day or something. I clearly labeled my post, so you didn't have to read it if you didn't want to. If I posted it incorrectly, I apologize. It was my first experience with RV.net.