~~*~~ she didnt think to question the peculiarity in meeting clockwise at the mouth of the tijuana river , or wearing specific clothing items such as jeans ( not shorts ) , running shoes ( not sandals , say ) , and a windbreaker ( not going bare-armed , as she wouldve ) , or putting her hair back , until she topped the final rise of the southernmost sand dune edging the beach well within the estuary itself .