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Watching coho salmon jump through the Inkwells is like watching a Fourth of July fireworks show: At each jump, people ooh and aah at the electrifying sight. You then can crown the day with a grand finale of your own to a nearby mountaintop.
What started as a cult event a few years ago — salmon watching in Marin — has turned into a show that attracts thousands of viewers. The annual spectacle started this week in the Lagunitas Creek watershed along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in west Marin County.
You then can top the day with a hike to nearby 1,466-foot Barnabe Peak, about a 5-mile round trip on a new suggested route, with a payoff view that reaches from the flank of Mount Tamalpais to the coast and Point Reyes National Seashore.