Found
Blue travel guide found on Water Street
Eau Claire
Found
listing
Posted
22 days
ago
Description
Found this blue paperback travel guide this afternoon around 2:45pm behind Riverfront Plaza on Water Street in Eau Claire. It's a 2019 edition of World on a Shoestring, with a folded map tucked in and a yellow bookmark sticking out on page 92. The cover has a small pencil-drawn pine tree on the back and a crinkled spine from frequent reading. It's in decent shape, just a bit worn from travel, and I figured someone might be missing it after a trip to Riverfront Park. If you think it's yours, email me at [email protected] and we can arrange a quick meetup.
Approximate found location
Eau Claire
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