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If you're thinking the on-ramp near the T/A and Pilot truck stops on Motel Blvd is your friend, you couldn't be more wrong. Ninety percent of all trucks here are headed East. The ten percent that aren't are either FedEx trucks or team drivers. As for regular cars, most are service trucks leaving to help broke-down big rigs on I-10 or city workers. Very little normal traffic, I've been here twice (dumped off by hippies both times for not having gas money when they picked me up in El Paso) and waited 3+ days for a ride.
The on-ramp 1 mile East (Avenida de Masilla) does have more regular traffic, but not enough of it to catch a ride in a reasonable amount of time. With El Paso being large and just 30 miles awayeast, any long-distance traffic heading West has already gassed up and is not stopping in the tiny hitchhiker hell known as Las Cruces. Don't get me wrong - the people are helpful but rides are impossible. Prices at both truck stops are outrageous, even for truck stops. The only benefits here are the T/A's trucker's lounge (TV) and the abandoned gas station South of the freeway (just past the hotel & rv park) - decent camping. The Pilot has free wifi which I'm using to edit this post.
Niether truck stop sells beer. Circle K is 1 mile to the North.
The only way to catch a ride is to hitch directly from the freeway 1/4-mile West of Avenida de Masilla. From Motel Blvd you can either walk backwards on the freeway 3/4 mile or take 3 miles of surface roads like I did (it was a long hike but a couple did pull over and give me a cold beer!). Expect a longer than average wait. Local PD and Sheriffs will drive past but not stop.  EDIT: After spending 6 hot days and nights in Las Cruces, it is possible to catch a ride from a cranked-up truck driver who takes you on a white-knuckled adventure to Indio, California. Hitching is possible on the freeway 1/4 mile west of Motel Blvd. There is a guard rail but the emergency lane is wide enough to park a semi. Good luck! -jsplts (07/2019)
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