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Before going too far out on a limb on recommendations, I like to know more what you value most as that often drives what tradeoffs you are willing to make to get what you want!
Anybody who thinks an RV will magically cure all things is going to be very disappointed!
When we look at what any specific item on our wish list involves as a tradeoff, most of us will have to admit that we can't get it all at the same time, so trying to look ahead and sort what and when we want to make the trades is one way to avoid the big disasters!
Good idea to start slower and work into the game as we learn. One big point, is that none of us want the same exact thing in our RV world.
Right now temps are pretty close to "summer time" for many folks if we are camping in much of the South! So what form of campsite or park to choose is a big one.
For my purposes, I would not do the tradeoff of good cooling for lower expense!
No boondock for me when I know that we will REQUIRE full time air!
In boondocking I see it being a big tradeoff with added problems of retrofit for the RV as well as reduced expectations for comfort! you often have to pay more and work harder for what some perceive as more fun!
Fine if that is what you want!
If not going to have power, the trade can be in working harder. Basic things like cooking? The RV collects less heat if you cook outside! Hot showers done at a central bathhouse will keep heat and humidity out of the RV! Going to bed much later and staying outside combined with getting up and out earlier may help to save the RV as a "cooling center" for times when it is really needed most!
My recommendations for those just learning is to go the route with the least hazards!
One of those is going to campgrounds where you have power as it takes one of the big issues out. One with a pool or place to cool can be a big advantage if swimming is an interest!
Staying up to your neck in water is one way to turn a trip from four days of wishing you were somewhere else to four lazy days in the pool!
A tarp laid along the top of the sun side opposite the existing awning and placed at an angle down close enough to the ground can help as the sun moves. NOT one I would work on using when first starting but something to look at doing if you feel it worth the effort for later trips.
Go North in the heat and South in the cold!
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Richard
Why no RV year, make and floorplan on MY signature as we suggest for others?
I currently DO NOT have one! 
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