Sounds like a helluva rough ride you had there, well done !!
My method for xwind landing in gusty conditions at my home field (farm strip) is as follows:
1. Don't bother slowing down from cruise speed and basically fly a fast slightly wider patter with no flats all the way round to final while staying at pattern altitude.
2. Upon turning final crab into the wind ( side slipping this far out is too much work and it makes the pax woozy), ball park the glide slope start based on how the ground speed is looking.
3. Add half the gust factor or if you can't get an idea of what that is add 5mph to the airspeed.
4. With about 400 feet to go convert the crab to a side slip, verify you have the rudder authority to cancel all crab, if so continue landing with first notch of flaps at most, if you can't cancel crab with rudder you've got a healthy xwind so power in turn downwind and come back around and land across the runway.
Probably not for everyone but it works for me in the tail dragger will low xwind and short stopping capabilities.