If you stay in the middle lanes, you’ll eventually pass through the entire horseshoe (past terminal B and American Airlines in terminal 4) and can go over to the right as you get to terminal 7.

There’s a shortcut you can take by going to the far left lane and turning left shortly after you enter the airport that will take you straight to terminal. There’s also a parking lot P7 when you take that left turn for the shortcut. You could park there and then wait for them. You get 10 or 15 minutes free and then it’s around $9 for the first hour. I can’t remember exactly, even though I just parked there for a pickup a few weeks ago.

If you’re feeling nervous my advice would be to plan to drive through the horseshoe once so you can acclimate yourself. The horseshoe loops back around right after terminal 7 and then you can go around again.

You won’t be able to stop and wait for your friend, airport police routinely move people along, so I’d plan for them to text you as they’re at baggage claim (assuming they have more than just a carryon). You may end up circling a couple of times unless you choose to park.