Glad to hear you are past that first shake down trip. Here's wishing you many, many more happy adventures with Bob.
Our last MH (Forest River Lexington) had a similar floorplan. We used a 2" memory foam pad on a jack-knife sofa . We stuffed it behind the sofa. In the PC, you might have to build some kind of ledge to protect the sofa motor and wires. Unfortunately, the pillows had to remain on the sofa or the dinette seats. Our blankets were stored in the cabinet above. They are relatively thin polar fleece.
We really like our Magne Shades . At night we just pull the factory installed shades closed. I really haven't seen anybody paying much attention to them in campgrounds. I'm rather cynical when it comes to human behavior, so yeah I think about them being stolen but took the risk because they really reduce the heat coming in the windshield.
We too, think very highly of Bob and Carol but named our PC "Gopher" before we met them. We found ours at the, Good Sam Rally, in Phoenix . After thinking about it for a day or two, we just said "let's go for it". We couldn't be happier.
So, what has everybody else named their PCs?
-Patti