Quote Originally Posted by heartfelty View Post
Недавно шёл дождь, и дорога была плохая.

Recently we went even if the roads were poor.

Hi Heartfelty, you know I don't read Russian; however, I'll give it a try and tell you how I would redo the English sentence as I understand it to be meant.

Recently we went even if the roads were in poor condition.
Recently we went even if the roads were in bad shape.