Transitioning from Walk Cycle I need to have a character take a slow walk through different areas of large scene.I'll be using a walkcycle for most of it.  Imagine your in a house walking slowly from one room to another.  You would be at rest position... then begin the walk to the next room where you would then come to another rest.

There a many walk cycle tutorials, but I have yet to see on where the character transitions to a stop or goes from a stop into the walkcycle.
I'll be using Blenders video editor most likely. 

Can someone describe how this is properly done? If anyone has ever done this, Maybe you can post a blend file, so I could study how it is done.
Use the Non-Linear Animation Editor.  First make an action of the character resting, standing or whatever you want him doing, then, having that strip set to 'Hold Forward' make another strip for the walk cycle.