Palin's intentions, bus tour are a mystery

GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 31 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is keeping her counsel about her presidential aspirations and the route of her cross-country bus tour.

During an unplanned news conference Monday in Gettysburg, Pa., Palin said she thought the current field of Republican presidential contenders is "strong" and any campaign she may run "would definitely be unconventional and non-traditional," the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Those comments were as far as she went concerning her intentions about entering the GOP presidential nomination race and her intentions of her "One Nation" bus tour, media outlets reported.

Although she announced her tour on her Web site, Palin refused to post information about her schedule, leaving media outlets scrambling to determine her tour's itinerary.

Her bus tour began in earnest Monday after she spent Sunday riding in a motorcycle procession for veterans and visiting Washington monuments. Her traveling party included her husband, three daughters and her parents, as well as Greta Van Susteren, a host on Fox News. Palin is a Fox News commentator.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee fueled speculation about whether she would be a candidate, saying several times she was "contemplating" a run while insisting her bus tour wasn't a campaign tour, the Times said.

"This isn't a campaign bus," she said. "This is a bus to be able to express to America how much we appreciate our foundation and to invite more people to be interested in all that is good about America and to remind ourselves we don't need to fundamentally transform America. We need to restore what's good about America."

While she hasn't posted her schedule on her Web site, Palin is believed to be heading to Philadelphia and early primary state New Hampshire by the end of the week, the Times said.