We've gone to Maine for a summer vacation each year for the past 4 years... so we could go to LL Bean. OK, so we're sick. I learned about Stonewall Kitchen on our first trip there. YUM! Maple Chipotole Sauce!!! I always wondered about the chocolate covered blueberries. I'll have to try them next time.
If you have an LL Bean visa card, you can get free shipping any time. The only time I use that card is when I shop there of from the catalog. Why carry something home from the store if you don't need it immediately and they'll ship it for free?
The kids love the trout pond in the center of the store, and also the rock climbing wall in LL Kids.
Also, don't forget to drive a couple miles south to Yarmouth so you can get a lobster roll from Day's Lobster Pound on Rte. 1. The best ones we've ever had!