With the media chasing Sarah Palin’s tour bus up the East Coast and buzz about her presidential prospects renewed, TIME’s Feifei Sun looks at the former Alaska governor’s exploits on the trail in 2011
She’s Back: Sarah Palin Returns to the Spotlight
Dima Gavrysh for TIME
The former Alaska governor speaks to reporters at a hotel parking lot during a stop in the historic Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg on May 30. Asked about her presidential ambitions, Palin said, "Right now we’re just having fun.”