Palin Visits Reagan Landmarks on Second Leg of Bus Tour – Update II

Not as many reporters are #chasingpalin this time, something I’m sure Piper is thrilled about.

These pictures come from Alexandra Moe of NBC. Palin at the boyhood home of Reagan and the Ronald Reagan Museum at Eureka college:

Update:

Sauk Valley:

With no public announcement and no fanfare, Sarah Palin’s flashy “One Nation” tour bus pulled into town and parked on “Ronald Reagan Way.”

On board were the former Republican vice presidential candidate, her husband, Todd, her daughter, Piper, and a niece, McKinley, both 10.

They all toured the home of the most beloved GOP president, in the town he always called home, during Reagan Trail Days, the town’s annual 5-day festival celebrating its native son, and during the centennial year of his birth.

Many in the crowd, needless to say, were thrilled.

For her part, Palin seemed to enjoy the tour.

“I think the home was absolutely beautiful and so appreciative, speaking on behalf of I think a lot of Americans, that this town has put such effort into the restoration of this,” Palin said afterward.

“These volunteers are amazing. This is beautiful.”

[...]

The visit wasn’t a total surprise. Ann Lewis, chairwoman of the Dixon Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, was honored on Friday night at the Trail Days Reagan Gala. A short time later, around 10:45 p.m., she got a phone call from a Palin representative.

“People at Eureka College had given them my number,” Lewis said. “They wanted someone to act as a guide.”

Lewis agreed to show Palin around – and also to keep the visit under wraps, she said Saturday.

After visiting the Boyhood Home, Lewis took the group to historic Lowell Park, where a handsome Ronnie Reagan was a lifeguard back in his teens and early 20s, and where he reportedly fished 77 people – many of them young women – out of the Rock River.

To complete the local tour, the bus made its way back through Dixon along Ronald Reagan Way.

“We drove from the river all the way up,” Lewis said. “She was very gracious. She was answering questions. She signed pictures.”

[...]

Palin autographed the mag, and the two even chatted about Brousil’s preparation for an upcoming triathlon.

She’s “very personable, friendly and interested in the people that she’s talking with,” Brousil said.

Lee Murray told Palin that the next time he sees her, he hopes it’s when she’s in the White House.

The 93-year-old thinks the potential candidate is “pretty honest.”

“She means well. I think she’s a good American,” Murray said.

He said he was surprised to see Palin in Dixon, where he’s lived since 1945. He was so excited that he planned to tell his family about meeting Palin even before returning home, he said.

Two years ago, Sally Campbell didn’t get Palin’s autograph when the two were in The Villages in Florida at the same time, she said.

“My friend called me this morning and said, ‘Sally, Sarah Palin’s up at the Reagan house,’ so what did I do? I hopped in the car,” Campbell said.

“I think she’s absolutely down-to-earth, and she’s got it.”

Update II:

SarahPAC:

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