<P> Twyla and Roberta meet again eight years later during the 1960s , when Twyla is `` working behind the counter at the Howard Johnson 's on the Thruway '' and Roberta is sitting in a booth with , `` two guys smothered in head and facial hair . '' Roberta and her friends are on their way to the west coast to keep an appointment with Jimi Hendrix . The episode is brief but long enough for the two to show resentment towards each other . </P>
where do twyla and roberta meet up for the first time after twyla leaves the orphanage
the Howard Johnson 's on the Thruway