The first order of business after turning final is to check the road for vehicles that might cross the infamous driveway about the time I get to it. It's also a good time to recheck for two and four legged critters wandering on the runway. By short final, if not before, all 40 degrees of the barndoor flaps are out. I've included the flight profiles I use at the request of flight simmers. Simmers will have to make adjustments for the severely limited side views available to them.
Some pilots skip the pattern and fly straight in from the east.
This is unsafe because opportunities to see and be seen are limited. One or two pilots land over the trees downhill to the east when there is a strong wind blowing up the ravine. At least one could do a go around under those conditions. Most pilots tolerate the tailwind or divert. The nicest thing about flying to the Flying M Ranch is blowing past the speed trap at Gaston at five times the speed limit unconcerned by Kojaks with Kodaks.