Washer Acting Up

When I went to do a load of laundry this morning, I found that the control panel was not responding. The light inside the washer tub lit up so I know it was getting power. But the control panel was totally dark. I got out the operations manual & started troubleshooting. Even though I knew it had power I did the troubleshooting steps for the circuit breaker & checking if the plug was in. When I tried to unlock the Control Panel I also got nothing. Having gone through everything, I was now at, "If problems continue, contact an electrician." I was hoping Whirpool could remotely reset it so I called their "Customer eXperience Center" & found out they are closed on the weekend. Auē!

It should light up & give me wash options.

The Control Panel unlock button doesn't work either.

The light is on in the tub so I know it has power.

So I loaded everything up to go to the laundromat in Waimea. I also decided to do some shopping while I was there. I stopped at the Kamuela Farmers Market at Pukalani Stables 1st since it was closest. I picked up an ʻohiʻa from Elemental Plants. I got another ʻohiʻa from him in April. They also have aʻaliʻi; I need to check what color he has since I want the dark red one. 

These are 2 of the 5 ʻohiʻa varieties they had today.

I bought the Cherry Nani since it had the strongest single leader.

Here are some of the other native plants they have.

At the laundromat I realized I should have brought my laundry detergent; I found out their soap dispenser was out of detergent. I got some from Adam who was using the washer next to me. Turns out he is from Hāwī & lives at a place that is totally solar. With the last 2 days of very cloudy weather they did not have enough electricity to run the washer today. I invited him to come to my house (after the washer is fixed) if they should run in to another period of low electricity. It took about 1&1/2 hours to do all my laundry; while that is faster than doing 3 loads at home, I was a captive audience at the laundromat & not able to do much else. 

I went to the Waimea Butcher Shop for lunch. I was also going to pick up some pipikaula for holiday gifts. But they have changed their formulation & it is no longer a non-refrigerated item. So I only had lunch; I tried their Sloppy Joe sandwich.

My Sloppy Joe sandwich made from pulled brisket.

They dry age the meat right in the shop.

I stopped in at KTA to pick up other holiday gifts. It appears that they do not get frequent deliveries of Kaʻū Coffee Mill brand Kaʻū coffee, the shelf was bare from when Kai & I cleaned them out just before Thanksgiving! They did have Aliʻi Hawaiian Hula Hands Coffee brand Kaʻū coffee though. I have taken to gifting only Kaʻū coffee since Kai says its the best of the Hawaiʻi-grown coffees & very difficult to get on the continent. 

Only the Dark roast Kaʻū Coffee Mill coffee is left.

On the way out of Waimea there was an accident before the junction to go up the Kohala Mountain Road. A truck had overturned but I was unable to figure out how that happened. It's a straight stretch of road with a speed limit of 35 mph approaching a 25 mph section. And it was upside down, resting on the top of the cab of the truck. It hadn't just slid or tipped over. It did not look like anyone was injured; there was no ambulance or firetruck on scene.

Wheels of overturned truck are visible near the rear of the white police car.

Needless to say, the excursion to the Waimea delayed moving boxes &  other things out of the sewing room for today.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Richard!