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Old Church Needle Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/18/2016
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Back in the 70's and early 80's this used to be the Twin Lake Baptist Church. 

This is on a very busy street, and there's a school in the building, so please use extreme stealth and use caution when crossing the street. 


In the early 80's, the church moved locations and the building was bought and appropriately renamed 'Park Place' since it's so close to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Since then, several businesses have moved in, including local radio station KUSP and Five Branches University, a school of Traditional Chinese Medicine. There are some remnants of the old church though. The spire at the front of the building, now dubbled 'the Acupuncture Needle' was constructed by the baptist church, and some of the rooms have slightly slanted floors from when they were part of the main hall were sermons took place, and the stage where pastors would make their surmons still exists, though it's not open to the public. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag 1: Onfr bs gur Fcver, ba Obaavr fvqr. Uvag 2: Ebpx bhg! Uvag 3: Oruvaq n cynag pbzzbayl hfrq va ybj jngre tneqraf, ng gur onfr bs gur fcver. Uvag 4: Bar bs gur cubgbf V cbfgrq vf n uvag.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)