We woke up around 7:30 after a fantastic nights rest and got to make our oatmeal in a microwave and wash our bowls in the sink. We were on the road by 8:30 and were very pleasantly surprised to find that the wind was blowing in our favor. In comparison to the other day where it took us almost 5 hours to ride 29 miles, we were flying down the road today! After about 40 miles, which only took us about 2 and a half hours, we stopped at a picnic table in Thompson to make some pb and jelly sandwiches for lunch. The wind was with us for almost the entire day. We were able to ride about 65 miles in 5 hours, which was quite a drastic change from the 29 miles we struggled to get a couple days ago. It was really nice to know that every single day there won't be a strong headwind. All I could think the other day was "if I can just get to that patch of trees/barn up there, it will be easier for just a little bit." But today, all I could think was how amazing it was to have the wind pushing us along. It was sunny for the first 70 miles of the day and the temperature ranged from in the mid 50s to a high of around 69. The terrain was very flat today, although there were some spots that had gentle rolling hills. While we rode by a lot of hog/ chicken farms yesterday, today all we saw were grain silo's/mills where semi's were being loaded. The last 18 miles of the ride were a little tougher since we were getting tired and the wind changed to more of a side wind. We finally made it to Estherville around 4:30 where we initially stopped at McDonald's to use the internet again... thank goodness for free wi-fi at McDonald's! We found out that there was a Chinese buffet just down the road, so we decided to use our "Minnesota" lunch/dinner out today (we decided to eat out once for each state). We were so hungry and the food was SO good! It definitely hit the spot after riding so many miles today. After dinner we rode down the road to one of the city parks to set up camp. The park is right on the edge of the west branch of the Des Moines river. We had a very relaxing evening since we made camp so early. Thank goodness for days like today. We rode a total of 92.85 miles today.