How do I make this sound good on a resume?

[JPritch]

Thanks for following up! This thread was a good read.

[foodbag]

Screw 'em. If they ask about the gap, explain what you were doing; otherwise, as a job seeker you are in the driver's seat now, as the old ways are about dead and gone. Bullet point resumes and the need to demonstrate the ability to stick to the grinding wheel ad infinitum are as passe as employer-to-employee loyalty. If someone is concerned that you took time to accomplish a worthwhile personal project, well, that's not the employer who you want to work for anyhow.

There are enlightened people out there to work for - all you have to do is find them. If this sounds reckless, well, I am relating from personal experience. I got burned out, quit my job (at age 48 no less) to hike 300 miles and when I got back, landed the best-paying job I'd had in years, with a swashbuckling, risk-taking entrepreneur who appreciated the courage it takes to walk the path less traveled.