Thanks all for the feedback. We've been researching now for several months, have visited several dealers, and went to the Hershey RV show in September, where we spent a lot of time looking at a Fleetwood Flair, but unfortunately the ACE and AXIS did not hit our radar screen until after the show.
It looks to us like the Flair we really liked has a floor plan identical to the ACE 29.2. Unfortunately, no dealers within a couple hundred miles have the 29.2, but one does have a 30.2, in which the front half is almost identical to the front half of the 29.2. So we saw that one last week and really, really liked it. Next month we'll have an opportunity to visit several dealers with both the ACE 29.2 and the AXIS 24.1, so we will spend a lot of time in each to help us decide.
Either one will be a giant step up from the popup camper we had 30 years ago.
Please keep the responses coming, and photos are especially welcome (thanks, Jamie)!