Hardcover travel guide found near Star Coffee, Colorado Springs
Description
I found a well-worn hardcover Iceland travel guide this afternoon around 3:15pm, tucked on the sidewalk in front of Star Coffee on Colorado Ave, downtown Colorado Springs. It's a standard 6x9 inch hardcover, about 1.2 inches thick, with a dusty blue cover and a yellowed dust jacket. The spine is cracked and there's a bright blue ribbon bookmark sticking out at page 127. On the inside front cover there's a small circular sticker with the initials 'AL' and a faint coffee ring on the back. It clearly belongs to someone who uses it a lot, and I figured the owner would want it back sooner rather than later.
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