Dark green North Face backpack with orange zippers
Description
Hey, I lost my dark green North Face backpack yesterday around 3pm outside the Battery Park Book Exchange on Battery Park Ave in downtown Asheville. It's a medium-sized nylon pack, about 16 inches tall and 11 inches wide, with bright orange zipper pulls. Inside there’s a spiral notebook, a creased Blue Ridge Parkway map, and a small orange fish keychain on the side pocket. A photo of my grandmother and a hiking club card live in the main compartment—it's sentimental and I really need it back. If anyone found it, I'd be grateful to get it back—you could drop it at the Battery Park Book Exchange front desk or at the Asheville Police Department downtown.
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