It's funny, but it didn't really occur to me to try to create more of an illusion of a mountain. It's probably because I know it's just a tiny lump of sand on the beach, so it's hard to imagine it as a mountain!
However, based on your suggestions, here is a tighter crop of the photo, and I do think it looks more like a mountain in the clouds. What do you think? I also added some sepia toning for fun.
Well, now we know where you went during spring break! A nice image, but I think it could be cropped tighter...from the top and some from the left. It would give more of an illusion of being a mountain poking up from the clouds.