Take him!! You're damned if you do (your exposing him to "untold" risk), damned if you don't (you never take him anywhere). Do what you think is right. To he!! with what she thinks!
...do not tell her what you will be doing with your time with them.
This I don't agree with, but just for my own reasons. I want to know where my kids are. I would expect either of us to tell the other if we are taking the boys out of town for the weekend.
Me 42, W 39, S8, S6, S2 M 11y, A & ILYBNILWY 11/08 Walking away from a bad situation.
Thinker, I agree with gima, v1olin, and bright. Take them all. She is trying to intimidate and bully. Without a leg to stand on. And that intimidates her.
imo
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac
I went middle of the road. I didn't back down, or even discuss NOT taking him. Last night I did, however, print out the info from the park and show her where we were going to be camping (no nearby water, no nearby roads, etc.) and described the basic safety precautions I'll be taking (ie 1 adult always with the kids, no camp fire with a 2-year old walking around,etc. - nothing more than I would have done otherwise).
Me 42, W 39, S8, S6, S2 M 11y, A & ILYBNILWY 11/08 Walking away from a bad situation.
Do you have a current visitation agreement in place? If so, is this weekend yours to have with the kids? If it is and you aren't taking them across country or even to another state then I don't think she has a leg to stand on in telling you that you can't take them camping. In fact I don't think you even had to tell her your plans in the first place.
Is she always this paranoid about everything? Yikes!
