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Research Row Mystery Cache

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Molecular Hoopala: Alas, I am saddened to finally take down this cache. Now that my sister and I have both graduated college (myself a couple years ago, my sister last week), I will no longer be regularly traveling to Nashville to maintain the cache. Furthermore, the area is changing too rapidly to keep up with it all to make sure the cache is in good order. Thank you to everyone who hunted for this cache, and I hope someone can use the territory for new and exciting caches!

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Hidden : 2/16/2011
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE: Coords and puzzle changed slightly as of 8-26-15.

You won’t find a cache at the above coordinates, but you could find some available visitor’s parking here for
a minimal price! Or feel free to find cheaper/free parking at any of the local businesses if they let you.
Please do NOT park in the parking lot next to the cache since it is permit-only parking.
This is an urban micro with a fun and difficult puzzle :)


You may be more familiar with the well-known Music Row of Nashville, but you may or may not know that
ground-breaking biomedical research happens on a daily basis in the labs of Vanderbilt just a few blocks
away. And as you may have guessed from my name (Molecular Hoopala), I am a fan of bio research.
This cache is dedicated to those scientists and doctors who work hard to keep us healthy and explain the
mysteries of biology. As such, here’s a little puzzle to find the real coords. The code had to be changed a bit to
work with Geocaching, so B, J,O, X, and Z are outsiders and stand alone. Please excuse the intentional spelling
errors too; for reasons that will be obvious later, it is the only way that that word could be spelled in
this code. And don’t forget to follow all "traffic" laws. Here’s the puzzle:

GUCAGUUUGUGCCUCAGAUCGUAGUCCCGUAUCGUACUCCCUAGUCUAUAACGCUAAAUCGAUCACAUCGCGGAUCGAUCG
AAUGACGCACCGUGAAGAGUCCAUCUGUAAAAGCZGAGCGCOGAAAUAGGACAUACGAACAUUAAUGAAOAAUGAAOAAUG
AAGUCCAUCGUAUCGCCGAUGZGAGCGCOGAAAUAGGUCAUACAUCCAUCUGCAAGAGCUUCOCGAGAGUCGGAAGUGGAG
AACAACAUCAAUGAGUUCAUCGUGGAAAACAUUAAUGAGGGCAUCCCGCAUAGACGAUCGAUAAUAGCGAUCAGCAAAACGU
GCAUCCCCGAUCGAUCGAAUAUAUAUAUAUAUA

You will absolutely and undeniably know when you have the answer, trust me. But just in case, you can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Some important info: You should not try to find it in the parking lot as it is a private lot.
The cache is NOT in the street. Please don’t get run over!
BYOP as well as tweezers. Oh, and muggle factor is HIGH, so use appropriate stealth.
Certain times of the day are much better than others for being unnoticed.

This is my first cache, and so I decided to start with a challenge :) Enjoy!

CONGRATS TO SDUCK FOR FTF!!!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[cache:] Ab ybatre qbja ybj. Naq abj vg'f zntargvp. [unrelated fun fact:] Gnlybe Fjvsg hfrq gb yvir va gur unys-pvepyr uvtu evfr jvguva ivrj.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)