Our first trip to Colorado, we added a new phrase to our travel lexicon — “14ers," the local moniker for peaks exceeding 14,000 feet. Colorado has 58 of them, the best known include the tallest, Mount Elbert at 14,433 feet, Longs Peak (14,255), which sits inside Rocky Mountain National Park, and Pikes Peak (14,115). We conquered our first 14er thanks to the historic Pikes Peak Cog Railway, an unforgettable hour and a-half ride to the top of famous Pikes Peak. We watched the t