Glad you actually got to touch and feel and Escape, I was convinced even without seeing one it was going to be our next home on wheels. I bought ours without ever seeing the inside of one, just convinced from this forum and research I did for a 21' (that's what we wanted) there is not a better bang for your buck then an Escape.
I will also add if you are looking at something smaller then 19' then I don't think you could go wrong with a Casita, we loved our 17' SD just wanted more space.
We hope one day to get to the factory but its 42 hours, 2,786 miles from us so will probably be a while. That's OK though, I have any questions about our Escape just turn to the fantastic members on this forum that always have the info you need. Now will admit a lot of what I read on here not sure I'm handy enough to figure it out but that's the next step.
I leave in the morning to go the Wild Frontier Rally in TN, look forward to meeting some other Escape owners, many I know from this forum already.
All the best and I'm convinced one day you will own an Escape too.
Safe travels to all,
Steve