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of 40 • i i Vision of the Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway We see an Indian River Lagoon with clear waters thatglisten in the sun and glow in the moon - waters wills grassy bottoms teeming with life - waters wills sandy bottoms thick with clams - waters with succulent oysters clinging to culteh, shrimp with eyes that glow like Christmas lights under a Coleman lantern, snook that sound like a brick falling overboard striking your hire, alligator trout that make your reel sing and taste like heaven from a frying part, giant red fish with tails flashing oil the flats, ready to pounce on your bait and punish your back wills a bulldog fight, mullet leaping in schools that give nothing away to the flying fish that play on lite road to Mandalay. We see an Indian River Lagoon with pelicans and ospreys dive-bombing their prey, with dolphins playing, manatees basking, and herons and egrets and roseate spoonbills wading the flats, and with flocks of migrant birds racing the tourists to warmer clinics, and then back to the north for the stunner. We see an Indian River Lagoon with people boating and sailing and swimming and skiing and fishing - having so much fun they Irate to leave, and can't wait to return. We see a Lagoon Nouse at Ais Lookout Point exuding Victorian charm and southern hospitality along with a wealth of information guiding people to experience and also protect file wanders of eastern Florida's nature. And then we see a roadway with open vistas of greenways and waterways to soothe the eyes of the weary traveler, lite serene beauty of live oaks and sable palms to lift tite spirit, and the sound of gentle surf rolling onto sandy beaches to refresh the soul. We see a roadway with walkways and bikeways and trails giving entry to the fascination and beauty of statural Florida, to artifacts and buildings which are the legacy of those who have gone before and reflect the history of the pioneers. We see a roadway with pleasant medians and right of ways festooned with native plants and grasses and flowering plants and trees, and with excellent signage to guide the visitor truly oil the way. We see a roadway with safety and service carefully built in, diverse with the bustle of business and lite calm of open space a thread to lie the towns together and create a community of the whole. And then: we see this community working as a leant, bound together by the task of creating the vision of a scenic highway, and then carrying out the plait that tarns rhe dream into reality.