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He outran a wildfire at sixteen, married his first love in her parents' backyard with thirty old bandmates as the orchestra, and sold just about everything a man can sell, from cars to soap to a whole wall of rubber ducks. He lost his father for twenty years and found him again in three folding chairs. He grew a little cabin to a hundred and sixty-three windows. He was the mayor the night the mountain caught fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow the first big storm of the year is closing over Berthoud Pass, and his grandson is somewhere on the road. So Papa does what he has always done. 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