Goodbyes in Chicago

Yesterday we went to Chicago to, we thought, pick up our visas. Instead, we dropped off our passports and they will be mailed to us, with visas stamped, in a week. There's nothing like cutting it close! While in Chicago we ate dinner with and said goodbye to some friends. Gary and Jessica are on there way to Dubai where Gary will be flying for Emirates Airline. We made plans to meet in Johannesburg for the World Cup in 2010.
In the picture Gary is cutting ice cream with a knife, evidently it got a little hard in thier freezer. We will miss hanging out with our friends, but we are grateful for these memories.