got some landings in and housing construction at KJYO

a couple of us wanted to do a little flying yesterday, maybe JYO (leesburg)-OKV (winchester)-FRR (front royal)-OKV-JYO. we only had from 1-3pm because of time constraints. when we got to JYO there was a thunderstorm predicted (and on the radar) that was directly in our path during the times we thought we'd be out there. because we had to be done and out of there by 4pm at the latest we couldn't afford to wait out any weather at OKV or FRR. we decided to do some pattern work at JYO instead. we each got in 4-landings (all ok or better). i had the last 4 and got some crosswind work and a little gusting just before the threshold of 17 at JYO. also, there's been a lot of new house construction right around there and there's an interesting optical illusion of being too low on base and final because you're over the houses (at least it looks that way to me).