A site on or near the water is generally damp, if not wet. Morning fog is standard fare. How nice it is to have morning sun to dry out your tent, towels and sleeping bags. Now you have arrived in time to select the optimum spot for your next campsite. If there is a space for setting up a tent on soil of sufficient depth for stakes, fine.
Small rocks are often nearby to also help secure the tent to terra-firma.
One tall lone pine tree makes a wonderful lightening rod. Remember lightening travels down the tree and horizontal across the ground nearby. This you will probably hoist up using a pulley, attached to the rope and located centrally between these two trees. Throwing a line up over a branch on a solo tree is better than doing nothing, but well trained 'camp bears' have learned to crawl out on branches and break them off to gain access to a few tasty morsels. And, by the way, your trash bag should accompany your food to its lofty location.